I know this blog has been quiet for some time. I think it’s time for at least a couple updates. Here’s the first.
This summer, I also did another trip I’ve wanted to do for a while: Desolation Peak.
I actually wanted to do this the same year I did Shikoku but wound up putting it off. Partially because Shikoku was considerable but also because I wanted a hiking partner. After a few years of failing to find someone who could or would go with me, I just solo hiked it.
Here is the super condensed version of the three-day hike.
In the far distance is Desolation Peak from maybe about 15km away.
I came from the south side walking along Ross Lake. You don’t spend a lot of time that close to Ross Lake but when you are near Ross Lake, it is gorgeous and about as long as Saanich Inlet.
Lightning Creek campground. I was accosted by chipmunks here. One took my spork. That was about it. Most important though is that it’s one of the closest campgrounds to the peak.
Desolation: it’s over there.
A view from the smaller summit you hike first before approaching Desolation Peak. You can see the cabin here. It is three pixels wide though.
The lookout cabin, now much bigger than 3 pixels.
At Desolation Peak at last. The first panorama is south-to-north and the second north-to-south. That’s Ross Lake in the distance of the first photo.
A close-up of the lookout. This is the lookout Jack Kerouac once stayed at one summer and wrote about in his books The Dharma Bums and Desolation Angels.
And finally, Mt. Hozomeen to the north of Desolation Peak. Kerouac also mentioned this view numerous times as well.
Anyways, that’s the nutshell version of my trip. Any questions, just ask. You know the email.