Mamquam

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Difficulty Rating Unrated

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Route at a Glance

Rating	Map Refs	Road	Route	Start Elevation	High Point	Technical Notes
Advanced	92G/15	<22km/?hrs	6km/4hrs	990m	2580m	Strenuous day/Overnight, Glacier Travel

Access

Head off Mamquam road (0km); left at Indian Arm spur 3.7km left fork 6.7km; left fork 9.5km; left fork over bridge (mile post 9) 12.7km; right over bridge 12.9km; left 13.2km; sharp left 15.1km; left (mile post 11) at 15.9 km; left 17.3km right just after pond 21.4km; park near junction at 22.1km, or by creek just beyond. This road is not plowed in the winter.

Route

Cross the creek on a logging road bridge and head NE through the forest (staying on the left of the creek). Continue NE when the creek swings SE; and then up to a ridge (1680m) above a minor lake east of Mamquam. Drop down to the lake and head up an obvious gully which exits at the edge of the ice-field. Skirt Delusion Peak (aptly named) to Mamquam behind. It is possible to ski to within a few meters of the summit.

Hazards

1. Possible avalanche and falling ice on approach to icefields.
2. The glacier is heavily crevassed.
3. Creeks dangerously high in late spring