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Hike instructions
Car poolers will meet at the centre at 9:15, and should be at the park entrance on Finlayson Arm Road at 9:35 for those joining us there. Here is where we can park (.7k from the Gowlland Tod Park)
We'll hike to the Mt Finlayson summit - the easy way - and return by the same trail. Should take 45 to 50 mins each way. There is some elevation change on this route, but it's much more gentle than the direct route to the summit.
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Description of October 4, 2011 hike
A great hike; good weather for the climb and descent - cool but no rain. The view from the summit was inspiring and atmospheric..
.. and we found out something about young Rod Finlayson. He died in the same year (1892) that my grandfather was born - so not quite contemporaneous, but he may have been a contemporary to one of my contemporaries, depending on when he passed away. Just - checked his Wikipedia entry and we miss this by about 9 months. Rod died in January 1892, but my granddad wasn't born until September.
Oh - well. This hike was a good cardio workout,, and it's quite satisfying to climb Mount Finlayson.
Description of our exploratory hike on September 3, 2011
Chris and I tried the direct ascent - this blog had great pictures and description of the ascent which is just about 1.5 k but took us an hour and a half just to get to the summit. It was a fantastic hike but might be a bit challenging for the Tuesday Ad Hoc Hikers!
We took some pictures as well. The view was pretty good.
Here's the survey marker!
We took the trail through towards Gowlland Tod, which was a much easier descent than trying to go straight back down the trail. After about 2 to 3 k this took us out to Finlayson Arm Road and this marked park entrance.
So the direct route to the summit was about 1.5 k and took 1.5 hours. The summit back to the car took about 1.5 hours as well.
