Trail heads up to Guinns Pass
September 13th 2020
The purpose of this blog is to show the new trail that was recently built to replace the old Guinns Pass Trail that got washed out in the 2013 floods. The new trail now is a little longer in distance but easier to use. The trail starts at the Galatea Parking off Hwy 40.see previous blog https://willski.ca/galatea-creek-trail-to-guinns-pass-to-buller-south-pass/ This was a traverse but shows the old route up Guinns Pass.The next one one shows just going up to Galatea lakes. Ten Bridges https://willski.ca/galatea-lakes/ OK so at Lillian lake follow the signs to Guinns Pass and Galatea lake at the camp Site. This is a steeper grade than up to Lillian Lake but is a well worn path. Just before Lower Galatea Lake another sign indicates the way to Guinns Pass and this is now the new part of the trail. It is well built and gradually cuts across the mountain side to the Pass or the Col. A big improvement to the washed out Gully the old trail took.
The new Guinns Pass trail cuts across the side of this unnamed peak
The gully is the old route
The old abandoned trail. Before Lillian Lake
Lillian Lake
Above Lillian Lake the new trail starts
From the new trail looking at the Lower Galatea lake. Upper Galatea Lake is behind the small headwall
Lower Galatea lake
From along Guinns Pass trail Lillian Lake
The new Guinns Pass trail
Trail goes around the rocks
At Guinns Pass Col looking at South Buller Pass upper middle left and lower middle right into Ribbon Creek
Impressive rock from the Pass
2cnd Ridge is Fortress Ridge accsessed from the Fortress ski Hill behind distant Fisher range
A close look of The Fortress
Lower Galatea Lake. Mt Galatea behind
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