Mt Gardner 11/05/08

Laurie on Mt Gardner:
“Three of us were optimistic about the weather early this morning and it paid off with great panoramic views of Howe Sound and the Sunshine Coast from atop Mt. Gardner. I’m happy to report that the Mt. Gardner trail is now snow-free! It was the perfect trail to do at this time of year and not busy at all. We ended up doing the loop described in “Easy Hiking Around Vancouver” which was 11km plus the walk to and from the trail head with 655m of elevation gain. We maintained a good pace and made it up in 2 hours, down in 1.5 hours, and were back downtown by 4:30pm. A great day topped off by some great ice cream from the taco stand at the ferry ”