Chilcotin Rambles – Taseko to Spruce via Powell (August 14 – 18, 2013)

Day 2 – Marian Lake – Battlement Ridge

Pictures by Lee and Trevor Hawkins

|| Day 1 – Taseko to Marian Lake || Day 2 – Marian Lake – Battlement Ridge || Day 3 – Marian – Powell – Tosh – Lorna || Day 4 – Lorna to Spruce || Day 5- Spruce and out ||

Today we spent some quality chill time in the alpine. Our camp at Marian Lake starts at 1900m altitude. We skirted the W edge of Marian Lk and headed up to an alpine tarn at 2350m. From there Trev and I continued sans bikes on to Battlement Ridge by scree slope and gawked at views. Unfortunately it seems that Warner/Battlement/Feo/Rae Spur all attract weather and storms rolled in.

We retreated to camp under photogenic skies and after the skies cleared enjoyed more quality chill time.

Started sunny from Marian Lake

You can never use too much fisheye

Tallboying the Alpine

What’s this? More hike-a-bike

Wildflowers in full glory

Into the alpine as we close on Battlement Ridge

Alpine tarn fisheye

Ups a daisy to Battlement Ridge at 2450

Tosh, Dorrie Peak, Iron Pass and in the background Warner Ridge and Mt Warner peeking through

Iron Pass beyond – I rode through that 4 years ago on a previous trip

Cluckata Ridge

Panorama roughly NW from Battlement Ridge towards Tsylos, RCAF, and the Yohetta – Tchaikazan

Tosh, Cluckata, Grant looking E from Battlement

We go down

Weather chases our ass back down. Almost all the way down is rideable

A wee fire to dry things out always helps morale