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Trip 017 - April 12, 2010 (Monday)Mount Hope Lookout TrailHope BC |
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Liked: Picturesque trail, views from the top.Of note: The trail is popular, there is a constant noise from Highway 1, the terrain is moderately challenging. Hiking boots and poles are recommended.
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Backroad Mapbook (2010 edition)
Coordinates:
Page 15 (Hope) F7.
Related Websites:
District of Hope,
Experience Hope.
Other Trips in Hope BC Area:
Thacker Mountain
Trail,
Flat Iron Peak Trail,
Needle Peak Trail,
Sowerby Creek FSR Hike,
Dog Mountain Trail,
Jones Lake FSR Trip to
Jones Lake, Yak Peak Trail,
HBC Heritage Trail,
Sowaqua Creek
FSR, Zoa Peak Trail,
Skagit River Trail,
Skyline II Trail Hike,
Silver Skagit Road, Mount Outram Trail,
Othello Tunnels,
Eaton Lake Trail,
Town of Hope BC.
Mount Hope Lookout Trail is located in
Hope British Columbia, close to the Tourist Info Centre. This trail
is not to be confused with Mount Hope Trail off Highway 3, where a
forest service road has to be taken for the trailhead to be reached. The
trail we hiked today leads to a lookout from where you can see the town
of Hope. The other trail (off Highway 3) leads to another point on Mount
Hope, and is not connected to the trail we hiked today.
This is a pleasant, if short, hike, with excellent views of the town of
Hope, Fraser River, and the surrounding mountains awaiting at the top.
Good hiking boots and hiking poles would be helpful. There is
a small parking area by the trailhead, and there are separate trails for
hikers and bicycle riders. If all the parking spaces are taken, you can
park by the Tourist Info Centre 0.5 km away.
1. To find
Mount Hope Lookout Trail parking, get off Highway 1 East at the Hope
exit (#170), follow the signs to city center, and, within two minutes, you would arrive at the intersection below,
where you would turn right.
2. Literally within thirty meters of turning right, you
would make another right turn onto a road (seen in the photo below) which leads to a small parking
area in less than a minute. "No thru road" sign is your landmark. You
can park along this road too, though signs request to limit your stay to
4 hours. 3. Here is the small parking area next to the Mount Hope Lookout trailhead.
4. And to the left of the photo above is a gate, beyond which the trail begins.
5. You go up, and soon the trail becomes separate for hikers and bikers.
6. The last sign before Mount Hope Lookout Trail enters into the woods.
7. The path is moderately challenging, with some stones, but mostly
it's a soft ground.
8. In ten minutes, there is an intersection with Joan Greenwood Loop Trail.
9. Mount Hope Lookout Trail features several ladders. They are so old that they
appear
to be a natural part of the landscape.
10. A few parts of the trail are steep and rocky.
11. Another ladder.
12. And one more.
13. You also pass by moss-covered rocks, though the moss here is not as lush as
on Mount Lincoln.
14. Getting close to the top.
15. And, then, a clearing. The final few steps are along a very rocky path.
16. Once you get out there, the views are to your left, and to the right would
be more stones. If you decide to climb higher, beware that the rocks are very
unsteady and would be slippery when wet. To get down would be even tougher due
to the steepness of the mountain at this point. Here we are looking to our
right.
17. Time to see the views. Sunny days would be even better.
18. Zooming in to get a good look at Hope. The green building in the middle is
"Buy & Save Foods." 19. To the right we see a large mountain.
20. It is possible to walk for another 30 meters down the rocky path to sit at the second
bench, and to have a better view of Fraser River on the left side.
Here is our video of the views from the top of the trail:
More ihikebc videos are on
our YouTube Channel. Total time to the top - 50 minutes. A neat hike indeed.
Other Trips in Hope BC Area:
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