Frosty Mountain Trail and Golden Larches
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Frosty Mountain Trail and Golden Larches
This is a Hard Hike.
Head out on this 20.9 kilometer, 1,232 meters gained elevation out and back hike in Manning Park, British Columbia. Generally considered HARD (4.7*), takes an average of 8 hours to complete, excluding resting time. This is a very popular area for hiking and running, specially in the first two weeks of October to view Golden Larches. It’s that time of year when the larch trees on Mount Frosty turn their beautiful golden colour!
What are larch trees? They are one of the only coniferous, deciduous trees. This means the needles on this tree change colour seasonally and fall off. At the end of September to early October, the 2000+ year-old larch trees on Mount Frosty turn to gold and are truly a sight to behold! Don’t wait too long, as the trees will start dropping their needles mid-October.
Attendees have two choices of starting driving early in the morning and making it a day trip.
Alternatively, attendees may choose to stay over night at any of the motels in Hope, Manning Park Lodges or Air B&B lodges nearby.
Difficulty, Distance, and Elevation:
Hard, 20.9 kilometre, 1,232 meters gained elevation
Meeting At: Mount Frosty parking lot by Lightening Lake.
Parking: Mount Frosty parking lot by Lightening Lake.
Transit Access: Attendees must arrange for carpool.
BC winter tire restrictions (chains) start Oct. 1st and apply to Highway #3: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/seasonal/winter-driving/about-winter-tires.
Carpool list:
Frosty Mountain - Google Sheets
Recommended Hiking Clothing, Footwear and Gear:
- Hiking Boots or Hiking Shoes
- Small Daypack or Hiking backpack + 2 Bottles of Water (1 Liter, or more if needed) + Lunch + Snacks
- Sweater or a Hoodie
- Sunglasses and a Hat, Sunscreen if required (all optional)
- Light Jacket (optional)
- Rain Jacket (optional: if the sky is overcast or raining)
- Gloves for a short scrambling to the summit.
## Legal Disclaimer, Assumption of Risk, Release of Liability, and Insurance Recommendation
Important: This event is organized informally by volunteers. The organizer, any assistant organizers, drivers, carpool participants, volunteers, and other attendees are not professional guides, outfitters, medical providers, rescue personnel, travel advisers, or paid event operators. Nothing in this event notice, any message, route description, gear recommendation, carpool arrangement, or verbal discussion should be treated as professional advice, a guarantee of safety, or an undertaking to supervise, rescue, guide, instruct, transport, or protect any participant.
By choosing to RSVP, travel to, attend, or participate in this hike, each participant acknowledges and agrees that hiking, border travel, carpooling, remote forest roads, and outdoor activities in remote alpine terrain involve inherent and unpredictable risks. These risks include, but are not limited to: getting lost; route-finding errors; slips, trips, and falls; snow, ice, snowfields, and steep terrain; rockfall; landslides; unstable ground; stream crossings; flooding; trail or road failure; falling trees or branches; wildfire or smoke; extreme cold or heat; dehydration; altitude, fatigue, illness, or medical emergencies; wildlife encounters; poor visibility; sudden weather changes; road, traffic, and border delays; vehicle incidents; and limited or delayed access to emergency assistance.
Each participant is solely responsible for deciding whether they are fit, skilled, equipped, insured, and prepared to participate. Each participant must make their own independent decisions before and during the event, including whether to start, continue, turn back, separate from the group, travel on snow or other hazardous terrain, or seek assistance. Participation is voluntary, and each participant accepts full responsibility for their own safety, health, conduct, decisions, property, transportation, border eligibility, and expenses before, during, and after the event.
Travel insurance is strongly recommended. Because this hike takes place in the United States, participants should confirm before departure that they have adequate travel medical, emergency medical, evacuation, rescue, repatriation, and trip-interruption coverage. Coverage may be available through an employer benefit plan, a credit card, or a privately purchased travel insurance policy, but each participant is solely responsible for verifying the terms, limits, exclusions, deductibles, pre-existing-condition rules, activity exclusions, and whether hiking, evacuation, rescue, ambulance, hospital, and cross-border medical costs are covered. Emergency medical treatment, ambulance transport, evacuation, rescue, and related services in the United States may not be free and can be extremely costly. The organizer does not provide, arrange, verify, recommend a specific provider, or guarantee any insurance coverage for any participant.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, each participant agrees to assume all risks and costs arising from participation in this event, including risks caused by ordinary negligence, errors in judgment, acts, omissions, route choices, weather decisions, communications, planning, transportation arrangements, or any alleged failure to warn, supervise, assist, organize, coordinate, or protect participants. Each participant releases, waives, discharges, indemnifies, and agrees to hold harmless the organizer, assistant organizers, volunteers, drivers, carpool participants, and other attendees from any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, expenses, injuries, death, property loss, rescue costs, evacuation costs, medical costs, legal fees, or any other liability arising directly or indirectly from the event, except where such release is prohibited by applicable law.
By RSVP’ing “Yes,” attending, or participating in any part of this event, each participant confirms that they have read, understood, and accepted this disclaimer and that they are participating voluntarily and at their own risk. If a participant does not accept these terms, they should not RSVP, attend, travel with the group, or participate in the hike.