Face Mountain
Faceless Mountain
Locomotive Mountain
The Train glacier traverse has been high up on my list since I heard of it. Being a big fan of traverses and knocking off multiple peaks in a day, it's a no brainer. Sunday night I drove up to Semaphore lakes trailhead and car camped as it was already quite late. Monday morning I got up around 7 and got myself ready for the day ahead. This traverse is not a particulairly long or tough undertaking, so I took my time getting ready. I planned to camp out at the highest of the lakes, so I packed an overnight bag. This route is easily doable in a day, mainly due to the elevation of the trailhead, but it seemed like a fantastic area to camp in with only about an hour aproach. At 8:10 I began the hike, and was instantly met with the absolute mud pit of a trail it is. There were countless sections of very erroded and extemely muddy areas. Thankfully the snow soon appeared, and then the only issue was navigation. There were footprints going in any which direction, so I had to consult the gpx a few times. For early summer I was surprised to see the significant amounts of snow at only 1600-1650M. I carried on to the upper lake, then stashed all my overnight gear and kept at it. The first peak to ascend would be Face mountain. It is the tallest of the group, and definitely the most gnarly looking onw from the camping area.
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| Mud bog of a trail |
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| First good view of the glacier and peaks |
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| Face is the first to be climbed |
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| Looking across at Locomotive |
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| Traversing compacted gravel and snow |
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| Looking down the crux snow gulley |
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| Face summit is now just a hike away |
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| Face Mountain summit |
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| Exposure north of the summit |
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| Face summit, Sampson behind |
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| Summit panorama of the traverse, Locomotive, "The Caboose" and Faceless (L>R) |
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| Looking down at Freight Glacier |
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| Descending Face |
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| Faceless up ahead |
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| A steeper snow slope on Faceless, Train glacier below |
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| Faceless summit |
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Looking back at Face Mountain
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| Looking back at Faceless |
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| The ridge to follow for Locomotive |
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| The Train glacier |
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| Continuing along the ridge, Locomotive is at the end of the Ridge |
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| Pemberton Valley below |
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| Locomotive Mountain summit |
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| Looking back at the Train glacier and Faceless Mountain (left) and Face Mountain |
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| I think this is a valuable look at the route to Face's summit |
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| Glissading back down to the lakes |
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| Locomotive from her good side |
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| Semaphore Lakes camping |
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| Evening panorama |
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