Mount MacKenzie

Mount MacKenzie 2148m. Rainbow Range, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park , British Columbia .

19th -23rd August 2000
Baggers Album ->Aug2000->MacKenzie

The West face of Mount MacKenzie from the Cariboo Pass

But no warnings about bugs!. This realy is Bear Country!

Camp 1, Octopus Lake. No Octopus, no bugs. Capoose Range in the background.

The red screes of the East Ridge of Mount MacKenzie. The EMRC topo shows this as a glacier. Somebody was confused by the aerial photos.

The second camp, Rainbow Cabin. In the middle of the forest.

On the MacKenzie Trail, heading for the Cariboo pass and the hill. On the skyline is the Boyd Pass, the way out.

The summit and a genuine 'Trig Canada'

The view eastward to the Rainbows. Tsitsutl Peak, the highest is just in cloud. This is all wilderness, as far as you can see.

The other way towards the perpetual rains of the fjords. Again, M.A.M.B.A.

Maps: Its somewhere about here

The Rainbow Range is a group of vividly coloured volcanic hills just behind the coastal ranges of British Columbia, Canada.

Access is either by one of the World's great ferry journeys. The Discovery Coast route of BC Ferries Port Hardy to Bella Coola, or by a 400km road from Wells Lake. Then from the roadhead at the top of the infamous 'Hill', a couple of days each way will get you into the hill.

The gabbro hill is an easy walk up, but its hard avoiding all the flowers that cover it from treeline to summit. The views are fine from the flatlands of the Cariboo to the glaciated giants of the Coast Range. Mount Waddington could be seen on the way out, from Crystal Lake at the top of the Boyd Pass.

Travel was easy due to the horse trails, but the bugs were trying.

(Background is MacKenzie Tartan)

	But no warnings about bugs!. This realy is Bear Country!
Camp 1, Octopus Lake. No Octopus, no bugs. Capoose Range in the background.
The red screes of the East Ridge of Mount MacKenzie. The EMRC topo shows this as a glacier. Somebody was confused by the aerial photos.
The second camp, Rainbow Cabin. In the middle of the forest.
On the MacKenzie Trail, heading for the Cariboo pass and the hill. On the skyline is the Boyd Pass, the way out.
The summit and a genuine 'Trig Canada'
The view eastward to the Rainbows. Tsitsutl Peak, the highest is just in cloud. This is all wilderness, as far as you can see.
The other way towards the perpetual rains of the fjords. Again, M.A.M.B.A.
	Maps: Its somewhere about here
	The Rainbow Range is a group of vividly coloured volcanic hills just behind the coastal ranges of British Columbia, Canada. Access is either by one of the World's great ferry journeys. The Discovery Coast route of BC Ferries Port Hardy to Bella Coola, or by a 400km road from Wells Lake. Then from the roadhead at the top of the infamous 'Hill', a couple of days each way will get you into the hill. The gabbro hill is an easy walk up, but its hard avoiding all the flowers that cover it from treeline to summit. The views are fine from the flatlands of the Cariboo to the glaciated giants of the Coast Range. Mount Waddington could be seen on the way out, from Crystal Lake at the top of the Boyd Pass. Travel was easy due to the horse trails, but the bugs were trying. (Background is MacKenzie Tartan)