Breaks, snacks and water are key ingredients during this time. Once you reach around the 6 km mark, the trail starts to level out and you will come across The Barrier look out. Behind this m thick rock wall lays Garibaldi Lake. It is rumored that if The Barrier were to collapse, the flood of water from the lake would significantly damage Squamish and the wave could even reach Vancouver Island.
Continue walking, following the trail markers towards Garibaldi Lake Campground for another 3 kms. This section of the trail is fairly flat but gets slightly more technical so keep your eyes out for roots and rocks performing as tripping hazards.
Here provides one of many great photo opps with a boardwalk along the right side of the lake, pictured below. Continue along the trail, which will bring you into the Garibaldi Lake Campground to camp here, reservations are required and can be made on the BC Parks Reservation Service Website. The summer months are busy here, so make sure to lock in your reservation nice and early. There are a few options for sites to pitch your tent within the park and depending on your objectives, check to see which one would fit your needs.
The summer months tend to be quite busy, so lock in your reservation ahead of time to avoid any disappointment. About 2 km from either Garibaldi Lake or Taylor Meadows campground, you will encounter a map board and a trail junction, off to the left is the trail head to Black Tusk.
A sign indicates the short path to the viewpoint. The trail from Rubble Creek starts off by quickly ascending a wide, dirt path into deep forest. For the first 6 kilometres you only catch glimpses of the sky through the the thick forest of startlingly tall trees. Several switchbacks along the trail continue until you get to the first fork in the trail about 6.
There is a nice mapboard at this trail junction which gives you a good chance to plot your course. A good way to hike if doing a one day hike to Black Tusk or Panorama Ridge , is to take this left fork through Taylor Meadows and then return via Garibaldi Lake for a swim near the end of the journey.
If you take the left fork toward Taylor Meadows you will finally escape the heavy forest cover and emerge to spectacular scenery in about 20 minutes. Taylor Meadows is in a beautiful valley of gnarled, weather beaten trees, endless green meadows and in July and August, alpine flowers as far as you can see.
What immediately comes into view towering in the distance is Black Tusk and the wooden boardwalk through Taylor Meadows continues straight as Black Tusk looms far ahead and to your left. This is where you will start taking photos almost continuously of Black Tusk , and probably not stop until you touch its sheer black sides. Though you are only half way there, from now on the views from the trail are amazing, varied, and progressively better.
Just past Taylor Meadows the boardwalk ends and the dirt trail crosses a creek and then past a small, locked BC Parks building and another trail junction.
The trail to the right leads to Garibaldi Lake and campsite area in 2 kilometres. The trail that continues straight goes to Black Tusk 5. The views along this 2 kilometre section of trail between this junction and the Black Tusk junction are beautiful. Green meadows, flowers everywhere you look. Distant snow capped mountains and the starkly beautiful Black Tusk towering to your left. The next junction you come to has a nice mapboard and more nice kilometre markings and direction signs.
There is an outhouse here and ropes along the edge of the trail here to try to keep hikers on the trail. The area is ideal for camping with a beautiful creek and endless flat grassy areas, however a sign indicates not to camp here in order to not damage the fragile alpine areas off the trail. In just a hundred metres further another fork in the trail takes you left towards Black Tusk 3k or straight toward Panorama Ridge 4. This section of trail, from this junction to Black Tusk is fairly steep and the most challenging.
You will cross dozens of tiny creeks so water is never in short supply. This section of trail is often snow covered well into July, however, the snow is hard-packed, easy to walk on, and the trail is hard to stray from. Overnight camping fees are required at all campgrounds, year-round.
There are two ways to book a reservation to camp in Garibaldi Provincial Park. You can book online here. In recent years the trail was reasonably easy to hike through the quickly melting and tracked out snow in late May.
The main concerns are the shoe soaking sections of knee deep snow and the possibility of losing the snow covered trail and getting lost. The tracked out route keeps it relatively easy to follow, however for some this already exhausting trail, may become frustratingly painful to hike, and potentially dangerous.
It is surprisingly easy to absentmindedly set out on a trail like this without adequate clothing and decent pre-planning. You can quickly find yourself soaked with sweat, drenched socks and find yourself approaching hypothermia. It is doubtful that any week of the year passes without hiking, skiing or snowshoeing occurring in this part of Garibaldi Provincial Park.
And owing to the large numbers of visitors a few unprepared hikers are often seen. Best to assume it will be very cold near the end of the trail and being dry and warm makes a world of difference! Garibaldi Lake sits at the heart of the enormous Garibaldi Provincial Park. Trails head in all directions, and all of them to breathtaking destinations. Black Tusk is a starkly black, extinct volcano core that is crumbling slowly.
It is, as its name suggests, looks like a Black Tusk coming out of the earth. It looks impossible to climb from a distance, yet is actually possible to summit without technical skill. The final small chute is quite challenging, and if you have a fear of heights, looking down from it may freak you out. Panorama Ridge is another great destination beyond Garibaldi Lake. This is the source of all the stunning images you will find on the internet, showing the impossibly blue Garibaldi Lake.
If you are more adventurous, you will find a route from the Garibaldi Lake campground to Price Mountain. A bit more challenging than the other, well laid out and travelled trails in the park. The campground at Garibaldi Lake is the largest and most popular with 50 tent pads. It is open year-round, although it is only busy in the summer months.
Though you get some skier and snowboarder activity in the winter, the snow and cold weather keeps people away. Along with the 50 tent pads, you have plenty of outhouses, picnic tables and a bear -proof hut for preparing and storing food. No sleeping is allowed in the hut. At the end of the campsites you will find a BC Parks ranger cabin which is often manned in the summer and sporadically the rest of the year. The Helm Creek campground on the other side of Black Tusk and Panorama Ridge is another good base for these amazing sights.
There are no well defined hiking trails around the lake. The Panorama Ridge side of the lake is far to steep and wild to make a trail feasible. On the other side of the lake, hiking is possible to Mount Price, although the faint trail disappears into the alpine and route-finding can get very difficult. There are some trail markings that denote the trail past the BC Parks ranger cabin a the far end of the Garibaldi Lake campsite.
Plenty of hikers have hiked around Garibaldi Lake in the past, but you have to know what you are doing and be well equipped, tough and determined to do it. Near Garibaldi Lake is another popular and beautiful campground at Taylor Meadows. Taylor Meadows lacks the beautiful lake and distant glacier views you get from the campsite at Garibaldi Lake. You do get a much prettier forest and meadow setting at Taylor Meadows as well as stunning views of the always impressive Black Tusk.
Fresh water is plentiful here as well as there is a pristine, glacier fed creek that runs through the campsites. As with Garibaldi Lake you have a food storage and preparation hut to use and there is a frequently manned ranger cabin nearby as well. Taylor Meadows has 40 well-spaced and organized tent pads sprinkled throughout the beautiful forest here.
Though Garibaldi Lake is often considered the better campsite because you can swim in the stunningly beautiful, though frigidly cold lake, Taylor Meadows is beautiful with its lush green and flower filled meadows surrounding the campsite.
Taylor Meadows tends to feel less hectic as Garibaldi Lake tends to draw the majority of visitors to the park. If you are hiking Black Tusk or Panorama Ridge in a day from Rubble Creek you can hike one route up and the other down. It is always nice to avoid retracing your steps in a hike and this way you only duplicate part of the trail in the first or last 5. Part way to Cheakamus Lake , Helm Creek is much less busy, though you still find it full on many summer weekends. Helm Creek has 30 well spaced tent pads in a large meadow with Helm Creek surrounding it in one large arc.
Helm Creek has bear- proof cables on pulleys to lift your food out of reach of hungry bears. There are outhouses at Helm Creek , but the campground is wonderfully free of human constructions. If you are lucky enough to find yourself to be the only campers there you have the wonderful feeling that you have the whole of Garibaldi Park to yourself.
Surrounding your tent you see only meadow, and idyllic creek and wilderness forest and mountains all around. One of those mountains is the wonderfully surreal and close Black Tusk. Helm Creek is a cute, meandering creek that winds its way from beyond Black Tusk , down the valley to the wonderful campground that takes its name. The location of Helm Creek campground is pretty amazing for a variety of reasons.
First it is just a great location. About halfway between Cheakamus Lake and Black Tusk it lays in some amazingly scenic areas. Beautiful, climbable mountains all around. Pristine fields of snow that run all the way to the base of Black Tusk well into July. Rivers, creeks and waterfalls everywhere you look from the idyllic campground. A large, grassy field ringed by trees and Helm Creek. What you always want from a campground is a convenient and clean water source and of course Helm Creek is both.
Another aspect of a great campground is a variety of beautiful views and a serene setting and again Helm Creek has both of these. The campground is so widespread that even if the area becomes busy, you can still manage to not hear your neighbours. The area really has no defined trails except the Helm Creek trail that runs past the campsite, but there are infinitely numerous directions you can wander.
Exploring in any direction takes you to more and more pristine, green fields, streams, pocket lakes and mountain views. Though most just use it as a base to extend onto Black Tusk , it is a great base for so much more. Possibly the nicest aspect of Helm Creek as a campground is that it is quiet and serene when compared with the other two area campgrounds. Garibaldi Lake and Taylor Meadows are very busy all summer long. In fact there is a posting part way up the trail to Garibaldi Lake indicating how crowded it is and if it is full.
At Helm Creek you find yourself in a remote and quiet valley in the midst of paradise. From the trail junction in the campground you see the enticing sign indicating what is around you. The nice, well marked trail continues to Panorama Ridge in 7 kilometres. Black Tusk in 9. All of these destinations branch off the main trail that ascends away from Helm Creek.
There are outhouses toilets at various places in Garibaldi Park and one at both the start and end of the trail to Garibaldi Lake. The campsites at Taylor Meadows and at Garibaldi Lake have outhouses. There is also an outhouse at the trail junction where the Black Tusk trail ascends from the main trail to the base of Black Tusk.
These are very basic, pit toilets, usually equipped with toilet paper and serviced surprisingly often by BC Parks staff. Dogs are not permitted on the Garibaldi Lake trail or any other Garibaldi Provincial Park trails out of courtesy to the resident animals. There are a large number of black bears in the park and encounters with dogs result in unpredictable and potentially dangerous conflicts. There are quite a few excellent hiking trails in Whistler that are dog friendly.
The Sea to Sky Trail, which runs over 30 kilometres through Whistler is a paradise trail for dogs as it runs through numerous parks, beaches and forests. Ancient Cedars is a nice, dog friendly hike that is 5 kilometres roundtrip and takes you into a thousand year old forest. Whistler Train Wreck is also dog friendly.
We started today November 7th with hiking boots, put our microspikes at km 2, wished we had snowshoe by km 4.
The hike was long and difficult with parts of the trail where we were the first to walk on, having snow up to knee level. The view at the lake was minimal, not worth it if you ask me, with the current weather.
We did not cross the little bridge at the lake because the trail on the other side was very difficult with the snow. On the way back, the trail was easier with the decline level and the trail more easy to follow in other hikers path.
The snow level was down to the parking level and it was still snowing so I would definitely say snowshoe are mandatory for next days. I lost a red microspike, if someone finds it please contact me! Heloise lavoie on Facebook.
Was pretty wet at some points so good waterproof shoes are a must! The hike up is gruelling but doable. Snacking on the way up can help.
I recommend putting on spikes just before barrier lake, snow and ice become consistent beyond that point. Camped out at the lake which was lovely, yet freezing. It rained overnight which made the snow pure ice for the way down. The trail was quiet and scenic. Lots of little and big waterfalls. Highly recommend poles and spikes this time of year. Amazing hike to the lake yesterday! It was a clear, sunny day Make sure to wear micro spikes or crampons for second half of the hike.
Quite a few people wearing hiking boats or runners were slipping dangerously! Incredible weather and a really nice hike! Quite cold around the lake and you'll need micro spikes for heavily snowy areas.
In fact, they'll make your life a lot easier just on the trip up to the lake. October 27th Long trudge up, but lots of mushrooms and other flora to check out along the way. Met about 8 people on the trail, lovely and quiet. Poles were helpful to navigate along the lake to the hut as the water level was high. Snowing, but we enjoyed some sunshine, rare during these rainy October days.
Took 5 hours and 30 mins total, with some breaks to take pictures! The lake at the top is truly breath taking. Bring an extra sweater! Visit on oct 11th Extraordinary beautiful if light is there. Might be disappointing if cloudy, so choose your day accordingly! Colors are incredible. It was a bit crowded when I got there vacation day but still ok as the place is vast.
Despite the sun, it was chilly all the way and gloves where useful. We met several bears along the trail to helm pass and near Taylor meadows including one very close to the trail but he was more fightened than us!! Be bear-aware at all times. Trail is technically easy but climbs constantly with a few steep sections.
If you go all the way to panorama ridge and back its a big but nice walking day. Did it in around 7hours with a big backpack and stops included. Intended to camp at garibaldi lake campground but didnt due to bad weather and cold temp announced during the night. Campground seems cool though, and well-equipped. Great trail, signing perfect.
No way you can get lost. Started snowing near the first lake Barrier Lake. Took us 2,5h up and 2h down. Bathroom after about 6km up. Easy but long hike. Took us 4. Don't let the temperature at the bottom deceive you, its very cold at the top. Hat, gloves and a hot drink essential to keep warm when enjoying the lake views.
Completed last Sunday in about 5 and a half hours with lunch and photos at the top. Well marked and highly trafficked. The trail was flooded at the top by the lake - waterproof boots were helpful, although some sections still required rock balancing. The view at the end is worth it.
This hike really makes you work for it. It was spitting at the bottom and snowing heavily at the top and still wonderful. The forest is beautiful and so are the lakes! Took about 3. That said, the uphill is tough and the downhill can be hard on your knees.
We hiked in the rain beginning of October and recommend wearing waterproof pants and jacket and thermal layers. We packed extra layers just in case, including hats and gloves, and they all came in handy by the time we got to the top! Other things to note: make sure to bring bear spray high bear season and toilet paper! The lake s are incredible. Million dollar views and great facilities at the Lake.
This is not a hike but rather a walk on a path as manicured as a sidewalk. You could almost push a stroller the whole way. The hike up is easy terrain but 8. Do this for the lake views or to camp.
The hike up is kind of meh. Trail is in mostly impeccable condition.
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