10) That night was cold and went down to almost freezing by morning. My lightweight sleeping bag was barely adequate and I woke up more then once because I was cold, however once I added a sweater and wool watch cap, I slept fine. By 9:00 am, it was again warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt.
With the cold temps that morning, the MSR Pocket Rocket frosted up after only about 3 minutes and that canister was still 3/4 full.



11) Needless to say, after the trail trip the day before, on Monday morning, I walked the FSR down which was a lesurely 5 mile jaunt, I stopped at this outcropping and think that with the view, this would be a very good place for a camp as there is a couple of flattish spots for a small tent. Then again, I would be concerned that rolling off the cliff face would hurt just a little bit...



12) Looking in the other direction. This is the same river as in the first picture. My first camp is way down around that bend always.


13) My last full day out and went up to this area. This landslide here which occurred in Aug 2010 (There is a post here on this forum) was at the time, the 2nd largest in Canadian history. One year later after more research and study, some say it should be considered the largest. In any case, I was completely awe struck by the size of the debris field and the first words that came to my mind was "unbelievable devastation." I spent a few hours out in the debris field and these pictures in no way give a true sense of the sheer size and scope of the debris field. What you see here is the front end of the debris. In behind the mountain in the first picture is the true nature and scale of the slide. Due to time constraints and not being properly equipped, going up and around the mountain to the right in the first picture for a closer look was not contemplated and I will save this for another visit perhaps later this month.





16) Looking down river. The debris field is an extremely hard surface, however with the loose rock on top, it makes for treacherous walking at times and a few slips while wearing shorts can play havoc on the legs...ask me how I know.



17) There is a forestry campsite right beside the landslide. Here I took a break from being out on the debris field and had some lunch and tea.