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HUTS OPERATED BY THE VANCOUVER
SECTION
For booking Huts and for general info, contact Ron Royston at home (604) 921-8164.
 JIM
HABERL HUT
Open: Year round.
Reservations: Required.
Access on Foot: Take the trail to Lake Lovelywater, carry on past
Lambda Lake, then follow a mountaineering route up steep scree &
snow to the Ionia-Serratus Col. Cross a small glacier northwards to
the Serratus-Dione Col. Access to the Lake Lovely Water trail
requires crossing the Squamish River. For jetboat service across the
river, call Jay Bricknell at
604-815-9647 or 1-866-466-2628. Cost $35 per person.
Typically leaves Brackendale at 9 am & returns 4-5 pm.
Access by Helicopter: Squamish Airport direct to hut. Contact Omega
Aviation 604-898-1067 or Black Tusk Helicopters 604-898-4800. (Cost
for Summer 2006 is about $200 per person return.)
Fees:
ACC members: $15 per person per night (Please send Ron a photocopy
of your membership card)
Non-members: $25 per person per night
Day users: Donation of $10 per person is requested.
The Jim Haberl Hut was built on site during the summer of 2005 and
spring of 2006 by the ACC and Jim’s family and friends.
Prefabrication of the hut frame was completed with the assistance of
the 192nd Airfield Engineers during the summer of 2004.
See also
Jim Haberl Hut for more description
and photos of the hut.
The Jim Haberl Hut is a welcoming and comfortable base for
mountaineering in the Tantalus Range. It is located at 6800 foot
elevation in the Serratus-Dione Col, about a 6-hour hike above Lake
Lovely Water and the Tantalus Hut. The site is located on the edge
of Tantalus Provincial Park at 551600 northerly/477800 easterly on
map 92G/14 (Cheakamus River).
The hut is kept locked. To book your stay, please contact Ron
Royston to arrange access and pay the overnight fees. The hut is a
one-storey wood structure with metal roofing and cladding. There is
a large kitchen and sitting room, plus two sleeping rooms with bunks
for 12. The kitchen is outfitted with propane cook tops and full
cooking and eating utensils. A propane heater keeps the hut cosy on
chilly days.
The terrain around the hut is dramatic and most suitable for
intermediate and advanced climbers. There is a wide variety of mixed
snow and rock routes of various grades on peaks such as: Tantalus
2603m (8540'); Dione 2590m (8500'); Alpha 2305m (7562'); Serratus
2326m (7632') and many others. Climbing in the area is covered in
Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern B.C. by Bruce Fairley, and in
Alpine Select by Kevin McLane. The terrain is not suitable for
general ski touring due to the avalanche hazard, however steep
skiing and snowboarding is possible by experienced parties during
spring months.
 TANTALUS LAKE LOVELYWATER HUT
Open: Late May to early Oct
(typically Victoria Day to Thanksgiving Day weekends).
Reservations: Required.
Access:
(a) On foot via the Lake Lovelywater Trail. Requires crossing the
Squamish River. For jetboat service across the Squamish River, call
Jay Bricknell at
604-815-9647 or 1-866-466-2628. Cost $35 per person. Typically leaves Brackendale at 9 am and returns 4-5 pm.
(b) By helicopter - Squamish Airport direct to cabin. Contact Omega
Aviation 604-898-1067 or Black Tusk Helicopters 604-898-4800.
Fees:
ACC members: $15 per person per night - (please send Ron a photocopy
of your membership card)
Non-members: $25 per person per night
The Tantalus hut was built by the ACC in 1961 as a base for
mountaineering in the Tantalus Range. It is located at the outflow
end of Lake Lovely Water (elevation 3850 feet) in the Tantalus Range
in the Coast Mountains, approximately 64 km northwest of Vancouver.
This site is located in Tantalus Provincial Park at GR 819146 on map
92G/14 (Cheakamus River).
The Tantalus Hut is a two-storey wooden structure with a large
kitchen/dining room on the main floor and a separate sleeping loft
above with foam mattresses for 20 people. The hut is kept locked. To
book your stay, please contact Ron to arrange to pick up a key and
to pay the overnight fees. While the Tantalus area offers limited
hiking opportunities, the scenery at Lake Lovely Water alone is
fabulous. In good weather, people enjoy swimming, boating and
fishing. There is a wide variety of climbing opportunities of
various grades. Classic alpine routes abound on such peaks as:
Tantalus 2603m (8540'); Dione 2590m (8500'); Alpha 2305m (7562');
Serratus 2326m (7632') and many others. Climbing in the area is
covered in Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern B.C. by Bruce Fairley,
and in Alpine Select by Kevin McLane.
SPEARHEAD
HUTS PROPOSAL
In March of
2010, after nearly a year of regular meetings, representatives of
the five founding organizations signed an agreement describing their
“goals and shared vision” for the
Spearhead Hut System and the project
is moving forward. Below are two documents giving more details:
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