The Black Tusk

Yesterday I went for a hike with my brother up in Garibaldi Park (inbetween Squamish and Whistler). We got up around 6am, and made it to the parking lot by 8am. Pretty good for having been up the night before at our year end hockey keg party.

It took us roughly 2 hours to get from the parking lot up to Taylor meadows. There was quite a few people up there camping, definitely a nice spot to setup a tent. Anyway we carried on with our hike to the top of the Black Tusk. It probably took us another 2.5 hours to get to the top of it. The very last section, getting up to the very top of the tusk is a bit sketchy as you have to climb up an almost vertical chimney. However after the initial section of it, it really wasn’t so bad. After having lunch from atop to tusk we made our way back down the mountain. We completed our circle by then going down to Garibaldi Lake on our way to the parking lot. Rob went for a quick swim in the glacier lake. I would have too, unfortunately I had no change of clothes. Anyway I doused myself in water instead.

All in all it was a fantastic 11.5 hours of hiking up with my brother. Definitely worth going back to.

Here are a few photos from the hike:

Panorama of the view from atop the Black Tusk:

Rob and me on top of the Tusk:

Me nearly at the top of the Tusk: