Leading peak 755m- Anvil Island

There is a small island at Howe sound. Its steep lines are visible while driving to Squamish from hwy. Last year we did circumnavigation with Jakub :) and last weekend I have got this idea of bringing Janka to the highest point of the island- Leading peak. It is obvious you start the hike at sealevel, but the description from internet was little bit misleading. Expecting 755m elevation gain, my time estimate was 4 hours (5max). We started from Lions bay at 2.30pm which was as usual little late. It took us 6.5 hours to finish our trip at Porteau cove at 21.00 with Jakub and Elena waiting for us. 1055m elevation in the legs and 12km on the kayak was really nice. The trail well marked and the gorgeous views just for us. Janka said this was the nicest day since she has stepped on the Canadian ground. Maybe she forgot already about the day spent at CAN/US border to get the working permit :-o

Looking for Angel's Crest

Yup...it took us 3 hours to find it. But let's start at the beginning...

After all the slushy snow, slushy avalanches and looking for the ski in slushy avalanches, my uncle Jano in his 2 months vacation in Canada started to be fed up with "spring skiing" after all and so for a change I decided to take him on a beautiful climbing route on the Chief. The alternate start of Angel's crest is in the gully between the 2nd and 3th peak of Chief, by climbing a tall tree. As we realized long after, there is another gully just little further up and after not finding the tree and starting our climb at a great time at 7am at the (as we thought) regular starting pitch, we spent 3 hours looking for the next pitch, walking the ledges and trees, climbing lots of vegetable.

Only then did we realize that maybe this is not "the gully"... After another real BC bushwack we eventually found the true start. By then it was 10am, we were already tired, hungry and unsure whether to start or not, the main reason being my son Jakub and his (un)sufficient?? stock of breast milk.

Well...off we go...

Right while belying Jano on the 1st pitch I sat on my phone and broke the display... can it get any better today? After all we had a great climb, Jano leading (beside the others) the spectacular "Acraphobes" towers, enjoying the views and some beautiful pitches. We topped out at 5.30, making it 7 1/2 hours, which is not too bad for 13 pitches, given we had a 3 hour warm up in the morning and Jano not having climbed for last 10 years. I certainly hope it was a good last trip for him before he flies back on Monday and he will come back for more.