The Black Tusk Climber's Log
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| sprosseda | Scramble  Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2012 | |
| Only to scrambler's summit, close enough though. Great view, fun mountain, met lot's of people up there. 7 hrs RT from Garibaldi Lk parking lot. Practically all easy trail with only short section of steep scrambling. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2012 5:55 pm | ||
| JoshNV | Finally climbed this one in the fall Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011 | |
| Solo. Sunrise start from Garibaldi Lake, so I was the only one up there. Great views!! On my way down I met around 20 people who were headed up, all with no helmets, mostly running shoes, and were asking where the route to the top is, as they didn't know. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2012 5:32 pm | ||
| PaulRomano | Difficult route-finding Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010 | |
| Made it up to Taylor Meadows and a bit past that, but route-finding became very difficult and without a GPS, this was a no-go especially with cloudy weather that could have gotten worse. There was still about 1.5 meters of snow on the ground around Taylor Meadows. Instead of summitting, we made our way down to Garibaldi Lake which was specatular! All in all an enjoyable hike. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2010 12:07 am | ||
| fatdad | Cool summit | |
| I and a visiting Aussie buddy climbed this in a day after getting a late noon start from the Rubble Creek trailhead. Nice hike. Really interesting summit but pretty loose. After we descended we saw no less than two other parties try to descend the wrong gully, trundling all kinds of choss. Suprised there isn't a stack of bleached bones at the base. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2009 4:32 pm | ||
| Linda Breton | Scrambler's Summit Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008 | |
| Done as a day trip from Rubble Creek. We had an incredible clear day for this striking area. It's now one of my favourites! | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2008 7:20 pm | ||
| ClimberMan420 | high camp Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2004 | |
| From previous summit I knew that there were reasonable places to camp on the top. Amazing sunset followed by a sensational sunrise. A dramatic camp spot indeed. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2007 11:48 pm | ||
| camerona91 | Summer scramble Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006 | |
| A nice scramble in a beautiful area. We went to what is commonly considered the summit but not the true summit. I will try that one sometime! (Alpine 72-were you solo or is there nowhere to protect it? Is it really worth doing?) | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2006 4:31 am | ||
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| Alpine72 | Re: Summer scramble | |
| I was solo, I used 2 ropes to reach the main summit. No point in having a belay since you would being dumping debris all over there head allthough I have heard of it being done. Not sure what you would anchour to either. Is it really worth doing? Well I guess it depends if you want to be amongst a select few to have stood a top the true summit of one of SWBC's most famous natural landmarks? I would never dream of doing it again and hope nobody does it inspired by my trip. There was a summit register and it has been done now and then but not that often. | |
| Posted Dec 15, 2006 5:12 am | ||
| Alpine72 | Climbed the actual true summit. Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006 | |
| Climbed the actual true summit. In order to really claim you have climbed this peak a rappel into a notch between the main summit and outers spire is necessary. I then solo climbed the rotting spire to the top shaking in my boots. I then rapped down and used ascenders to regain the main peak. All the while masive pieces of the mountain were crashing down and playing doctor dodge ball was the theme of the day. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2006 1:23 am | ||
| osatrik | OSAT International Climb | |
| Nikki led the first OSAT International Climb in 2005. We camped at Garibaldi Lake, and had wonderful conditions. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2006 6:03 am | ||
| Snidely Whiplash | Route Climbed: Rubble Creek/Taylor Meadows Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2002 | |
| A great trail, and absolutely sublime scenery. The chimney is a bit committing, and there is exposure near the top. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2006 4:50 pm | ||
| Rileywyna | Route Climbed: Black Tusc Date Climbed: circa 1993 and 1994 | |
| Wow, I can't believe I found this Mountain in here. This was the first Mountain I ever climbed. I did it two years in a row. Great summit | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2005 6:02 am | ||
| cmc56789 | Route Climbed: Black Tusk Trail VIa Rubble Creek and Taylor Meadows Date Climbed: August 31, 2004 | |
| I hiked in to Taylor Meadows and camped for the night. I then had a nice hike to the base of the Tusk. It took me a while to find the correct chimney, since it is a little before the trail ends and not at the very end as my guidebook stated. The correct one is just east of where a climber's trail joins from the west . After finding the correct route however it was a fun scramble to the top. I had great views of the surrounding area of Garibaldi Park, as well as a delicious Kootenay "True Ale". lots of clouds to the west blocking the Tantalus Range. Getting down was a little tricky due to the very loose rock, and confusing network of gullies. I took a wrong one and had to backtrack back up 15 feet or so. Thank you to whoever left candy bar wrappers under rocks for route markers! | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 5:48 am | ||
| Vinny | Route Climbed: from powerline access- Ski ascent to the tower Date Climbed: March? 1998 | |
| A race with Adrian. Good times huffin' our way up the normal route, past the hordes before I knew want line ups of ski tourers look like Euro Style. The last scramble kept our attention in Tele- boots and does present rock fall danger and false gulley options but is memorable. I realised then that the view of Garabaldi below had been hanging on my bedroom wall for years before on a SuperNatural BC poster. | |
| Posted May 22, 2003 6:37 pm | ||
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