• This is a heart-shaped tarn that we found directly at the true summit of Cougar Mountain (1530m)!!! Distance: 15.5km, Elevation gain: 917m, Duration: 9 hours

  • Admiring the views at the summit viewpoint. Middle: Tremor Mountain (2691m), Right: Phalanx Mountain (2441m), and The Spearhead (2457m)

  • The hike first follows a biking trail named "Bears n' Ugliness". This section is easier with some lower viewpoints.

  • There is a large creek crossing at 900m, we have to walk on a giant fallen tree.

  • At 950m, there is an amazing viewpoint. We are still travelling on "Bears n' Ugliness" bike track.

  • Green Lake as seen from the viewpoint. Left: Whistler and the Black Tusk (2319m). Center: Mt Niobe (2021m), Alpha Mtn (2302m), and Mt Tantalus (2603m). Right: Mount Sproatt.

  • We left the bike path at 1000m as it crossed a large creek twice; that creek is not indicated on the map. Instead, we bushwack on the left and there is a smaller creek at 1070m.

  • Boulder field at 1110m.

  • We made a small mistake at 1145m just before merging again with the bike trail. We climbed a small rock formation (class 2 or 3 scramble) and downclimbed it a few meters later.

  • Another great viewpoint at 1210m. It looked like some people made a fire ring there.

  • Snow started at 1350m and I wore my microspikes and gaiters. We navigated above a lake at 1390m, partly frozen. From then on, there was no more trail and it was wayfinding in snow.

  • We were wary of weak snow bridges but found a sturdy log to cross the creek at 1420m. From 1440m to 1500m, we had to find the best way to navigate up some cliffs and bluffs.

  • Summit Southern viewpoint. Left: Hibachi Ridge (2572m), Center: 2 unnamed peaks (2420m, Mystery Glacier), Right: Mt Moe (2664m), Mt Cook (2676m), Mt Weart (2835m).

  • Zoom on Mount Curie (2591m, right) and Peak 2538m (left).

  • Zoom on the Spearhead Range, so many peaks! Left: Mt Charlie Chandler (2339m), Mt Philip (2355m), Center: Quiver Peak (2676m back), Shudder Mtn (2671m), Right: Tremor Mtn (2691m)

  • Zoom on the ski slopes of Blackcomb. Left: Mt Davidson (2516m), Center: Mt Carr (2590m), Right: Castle Towers (2676m) and Piccolo Summit (2043m)

  • Celebrating at the cairn. Rainbow Mountain (2314m) at the back.

  • Selfie at the true summit, a little bit to the North. We initially wanted to come back with a small loop, but the snow was too warm and we didn't want to do any more wayfinding.

  • The golden hour looking East from a lower viewpoint. Left: Mt Moe, Mt Cook, Mt Weart. Right: Rethel Mtn (2408m), Wedge Mtn (2903m).

  • Sunset on Whistler/Blackcomb, with the Black Tusk on the left, Green Lake in the middle, and the Tantalus range at the back right.

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