Buller Mountain Snowshoe

Where:

• Buller Mountain

 

When:

• December 12, 2020

 

Who:

• Ed, Dave, Ian, Craig, Gerard, Tomonori, Rod, Bauer, Michael, Donna, Sonic

 

Trailhead:

• the trail starts at the Buller Mountain Day Use Area which is 30 km from Canmore on the Spray Lakes Road
• park on the entrance road to the day-use area which is on the right (west) hand side of the road
• the trailhead is straight across the road on the east side

 

 

Degree of difficulty:

• 400 meters of elevation gain to the base of Buller Mountain
• 10 km out and back
• the trail is relatively easy to follow, although you have to be careful where it intersects the High Rockies trail in two spots near the beginning
• be careful of a few avalanche chutes on the left-hand side of the climb up the valley
• in the winter, we stop somewhere in the valley at the base of Buller Mountain
• the hike took us just over three hours in packed snow conditions

 

 

Interesting notes:

• despite a temperature of -18C we were quite warm in the trees and during the few times that the sun poked around the mountain range

• partway up the forested valley, there are several unique trees that have multiple trunks (still a mystery to me how they are formed)
• the views in all directions of the snow-covered peaks are quite spectacular
• the hike takes you between Buller Mountain to the north and east and Mt. Engadine to the south