Trio Mountain

Trio Mountain - 1731M

911M Prominence

49.87938, -126.00334

June 15, 2025

4H 3M C2C, 3H 45M Moving Time, 7KM

1100M Elevation Gain

Yesterday we were forced to turn back on Warden Peak due to heavy-ish rainfall in the evening. We did not expect the technical part of the climb to be dry by early morning, so we turned back to Gold River and looked for another objective. We picked between Big Baldy and Trio Peak, two peaks that loom over Gold River and would be relatively quick access. At around 8 we left Gold River, where we had ate dinner, and drove up Heber River Main off of HWY 28. The road was in quite good condition until we reached a huge wildfire area and there were a few charred trees that had fallen on the road. I was able to chop them up with the machete and then drive the truck to a junction at 650 meters. From here we were forced to park, so we set up camp for the night. At 5:17AM the following morning we got going. I was unable to find any route description, aside from a trail that was entered on All Trails, i drew up the approximate route on my Gaia app, but it was a bit of a guess. As expected there was no actual trail for this peak, so the day began with a bit of bushwhacking between a bluffy creek and a burned down forest. Eventually we made it to a dried out creek bed near the gulley we would ascend. From this point on there was no more bushwhacking. We hiked up the creek a few minutes, then hung a left and climbed up the gulley. The gulley would take us up roughly 550 M of elevation to a col between a smaller bump to the South and the main summit to the North. The Gulley started out with some easy snow to ascend, but the middle part was melted out. We navigated a few moats and one or two slightly interesting scrambly moves, but the crux of the day was the incredibly loose rock that would come flying down on every step. Tyler and I spread apart quite far on the ascent to avoid any large rocks coming down on each other. After navigating the loose rock in the middle section of the gulley, the upper section offered more snow to travel on. The snow took us up to the col between the main summit and the sub summit, then we started making our way North along the south side of the mountain. After crossing one small snow patch there was no snow from there on out. The hike up to the summit was easy and we found a simple route with minimal scrambling. This was probably one of my favorite summits in a while, the views into Strathcona park were astonishing. Several other higher peaks also stood above the thick clouds that lingered at 1500 meters. Notably we got an incredible view of the South East face of Victoria peak we had climbed the day before. We didn't linger for too long on the summit though as the wind was quite frigid. The way down was identical as the way up, but we stuck close together on the loose scree in the gulley in an effort to not dislodge any rocks on each other. The snow was just soft enough to glissade down the snowy sections on our feet, we both got a kick out of that. Back in the forest we tended more to the burnt side of the forest as we did on the ascent, as travel was much easier because there was no shrubbery.