Rosemarie Lake to Mount Chief Frank saddle

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Rosemarie Lake to Mount Chief Frank saddle
Beaufort Lake, Tsable Mountain

Chunks | Vancouver Island Trail Day 14

Start to Finish

Rosemarie Lake to
Mt Chief Frank saddle

Distance

16 km track
8 km route

Time

9h 13m
1.8 km/h

Climb

+1,161 m | -1,096 m
+65 m

Track

Actual
Planned

Weather

Average 16º C
Partly cloudy

Highlights

Backtracking
Beaufort Lake

Challenges

Tsable Mountain
Route finding

Scenery

Beaufort Lake
Denman Island

Rating

★★★☆☆
Two hours wasted backtracking the ascent on Mount Henry Spencer.
An intuitive, scenic, and sunny walk afterwards, except for the tough scramble over Tsable Mountain. Great camp on the saddle below Mount Chief Henry.

Rosemarie Lake
Summit, Mount Henry Spencer
Summit, Mount Henry Spencer
Summit, Mount Henry Spencer
Summit ascent, Mount Henry Spencer
Subalpine flowers on ascent, Mount Henry Spencer
View to Denman Island, Mount Stubbs
Courtenay, Mount Stubbs
Ridge, Mount Stubbs
Tsable Mountain viewed from ridge on Mount Stubbs
Ridge, Mount Stubbs
Beaufort Lake, Mount Stubbs
Beaufort Lake, Tsable Mountain.
Mount Chief Frank viewed from Tsable Mountain
South ridge, Tsable Mountain
Denman Island and Beaufort Lake, Tsable Mountain summit
Mount Stubbs and Beaufort range, Tsable Mountain
Campsite, Tsable Mountain and Mount Chief Henry saddle

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