Day Hike
Distance: 18km (Up&Down)
Height gain: 892m
High Point: 2462m
Time: 6-7 hours
Difficulty: Hard
Access:
Take highway 1A out to Cochrane and then take a right onto Forestry Truck Road, past the paintball place. The road will turn right and then after that you will take a left onto Township Road 270A, this is a messy road so be really careful in a car. Take this road till you reach the river. You might have to stop and get out here and find your way to the trail head. I wish you all the luck because it is hard to find. The trail head is on your right through a creek.
Experience:
This morning I woke up and I really didn't want to go on a hike. I slept in to 8:30am and I rolled around in bed debating if I should just stay in bed. The hike that I chose to hike was going to be really long, hard, and that sounded very unappealing this morning. I then grabbed the little hiking book, and read other hikes I could do instead. I then developed a couple other choices and presented them to my Dad who was checking the trails and such. By the end of our research we decided to go to Black Rock Mountain!
So we started to get ready and I made oats on the stove for the first stove which is funny because I went to collage for cooking and I have never made oats on the stove till today. It turned out great with a quick lesson from my Dad and we added apples, coconut, and raisins which made a very tasty mixture. Anyways, by the time we left it was about 10:30am. We went out there there was no more road! The flood of 2013 ruined the area! We still went on, going through the river 3 times and made it to what was leftover of the campsite. There was a stream coming out of it, and it was pretty hidden because there was so many trees and places where it was completely washed away. We found our way and went up the mountain!
For about half the hike it was a gradual incline but nothing to difficult for us! We took the easy routes and made it to the base of the really rocky part. We took pictures here and I was in such a good mood. I felt like I could do anything because we were already so high up and the view is incredible. My brother Jesse was telling us how this is his favorite mountain because of the view and thrill of it.
We continued up the rocky part and it was HARD! We took our time and made it to the first shelf and ate some food. Jesse found a tick and we all decided to move on. We then made it to the second shelf and we got to finally see the top of the mountain with the little hut up there. I then was in a completely different mood and did not want to hike up more steep gravel. So we quit there! Mom was having some cramps and wasn't doing too well up at that height so we took some pictures and left. We still feel accomplished even though we technically didn't make it up to the tippy top, but this was good for us. We then went down because it was really windy and thunder clouds were coming in. There is something to be said though of the feelings you get when you are on top of a mountain. Its like "Wow I was just down there. I can't believe I am actually this high." It's a feeling I used to hate because the journey up was to much for me, but I have come to love the mountains and that feeling. It always seems to make me happier in a sense.
Anyways. We were making good time coming down, but we could hear the thunder. I asked if I could just go ahead with Jesse so I didn't get stuck in the rain because I forgot a jacket which is a really dumb idea FYI. So Jesse and I hurried down the mountain, and just as we were coming out of the trees it started to hail. Of course the weather always has to find me! It has rained or snowed a bit every time I have been hiking. I think God just wants me to come back with a good story to tell everyone. I will be that old lady that says to my grandchildren "I went, did it, and was happy even though it rained, hailed, or snowed on me." Jesse and I then waited for Mom and Dad to come down. We talked as we waited, and when Mom and Dad showed up they were soaked! We just turned on the 4runner and went on our bumpy ride home. Today ended up turning out pretty great! =D
My brother Jesse took some photo spheres here are the links:
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| The River |
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| The road eroded away! |
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| The sign! It was laying in the dirt haha |
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| No path, just find your way |
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| The stream we walked through |
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| What a nice sign haha |
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| What bird is this? |
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| Are we there yet? |
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| YES! |
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| Hoodoo doo doo |
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| Devil's Head |
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| SO HARD! |
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| First shelf |
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| It is a pretty big shelf |
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| Thats the top? No more! |
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| Party Selfie! |
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| The view of the second shelf |
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| Its a wave! |
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| The difficult way down :( |
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| He scared Dad by popping out when he walked past |
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