Rugged Mountain

–submitted by Jain Alock-White

Rugged Mountain – a goal of mine to get to this area for many years so I decided to make a trip happen! There were five spots open, for a total group size of six, including me. Even though there were 10 people on the waitlist, we only ended up being a group of four. Everyone else cancelled for one reason or another, and our fifth participant woke up feeling unwell and had to cancel on the day we were scheduled to leave. This is why putting your name on the waitlist is a good idea!

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Argus Mountain, Mount Harmston, and the Red Pillar

–sbumitted by Jain Alcock-White

A fire on the Malahat on Friday evening delayed our South Island participant’s arrival in Nanaimo, where we had planned to transfer gear and the canoe from my vehicle to his. This also meant we picked up our third participant slightly later than hoped on Saturday morning. Fortunately, the drive from Nanaimo to Port Alberni went smoothly. We picked up the Mosaic gate key without issue and made it to the beach at Oshinow Lake in good time – though it did take all three of us to figure out how to get the key to open the gate.

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