Misty Icefield

The Misty Icefield is a high glaciated plateau in the Eastern part of Garibaldi Park. It is rarely visited due to its remote location. Backcountry skiing traverses, as well as (summer) mountaineering routes in this area are described in the following sources:

Guidebooks, online resources:

1. Bivouac/Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry on the Misty Icefield
2. John Baldwin (1995). Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis.
3. Bruce Fairley (1986). A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia. Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd.

Trip reports:

1. Klaus Haring (2006). Snowcap Lake, Jewel of Garibaldi Park, Bivouac trip report
2. Robin McKillop, Kate Zidek, Steve Klassen; Feb. 13-19, 2000 (7 days). Winter traverse of the Misty Icefield from Lillooet River Roads to Pitt River. Day 1: Snowmobile ride from 5km south of Tenas Narrows along unplowed West Lillooet River Road, walk up to subalpine meadow. Day 2: Reached treeline and a lake SE of Icemantle Glacier, crossing Icemantle Glacier onto the ridge leading down to Tuwasus Pass. Day 3: Down to Lower Snowcap Lake, up the ridge running south from the "bridge" separating the upper and lower lakes. Day 4: To Snowcap Peak. Ski down to Misty, dropped down to Stave, Camp at the SE corner of the Stave Glacier. Day 5: Skied down from Stave Glacier to series of lakes, to another lake, crossing an icefield, descent to the icefield north of Remote Peak. Day 6: Skied up the final icefield, from top of 6600' ridge west of Remote Peak, followed a broad steep ridge west down to a new logging road that climbs to treeline in the north-facing basin below. Skied logging road to Alvin logging camp and "Le Chateau" (fishing lodge). Day 7: Got driven to Pitt Lake and took water taxi to other side of lake. Robin McKillop (2000). Misty Icefields Traverse in Winter, VOCJ42 ('99-'00), p.73-76
3. John Ley (1998). Misty Icefields. The B.C. Mountaineer Volume 64?, p.58. 
4. John Ley (1997). Misty Icefields Traverse - Sure I'm interested, Bivouac trip report
5. Manrico Scremin (1988). Misty Icefield - Spearheads Traverse, Bivouac trip report
6. Brian Waddington (1986). A Ski Traverse of the Misty Icefield, VOCJ28 ('85-'86), p.6-9
7. Brian Waddington (1985). Icemantle Glacier, VOCJ27 ('84-'85), p.26-27
8. Klaus Haring (1972). The Great Garibaldi Traverse - Part 2, Bivouac trip report
9. John Clarke (1972). Climbing reports: Coast Range - First Ascents in Garibaldi Park, Canadian Alpine Journal Volume 55, p. 70-72. 
10. Roland Burton et al. (1972). Misty Icefield diary, VOCJ14 ('71-'72), p.141-151.