In the early spring I had recently moved from my old place where I lived all winter to a new place in Creekside. The new place was great and it was nice to meet some new people (roommates). So one sunny after noon me and my roommate Brian Hockenstein went out to Tricouni Mountain in search of some water falls he spotted on a map.
So we take his truck and drive down to Squamish where we connected onto an access road to start 4x4ing up Tricouni. Now I was pretty impressed with the terrain Brian’s small truck was able to climb on the tight and rocky logging road that we where on, but it was one hell of a time.
Along the way we stopped for a few photos of a nice view of Squamish River, which is a great attraction for rafting and fishing. After we stopped to take some photos we drove even further up Tricouni, trying out best to follow the map. We passed some more nice views but had little luck on getting a firm location for the water falls, so we took a gamble.
We found an entrance to a hiking trail down a rocky slope in the approximate area to where the map showed the falls, so we hiked down the trail in search of these water falls. Now since this was a rocky slope it was hard to find a solid path. But luckily enough for us I knew a little something about trail marking.
There’s something called an Inukshuk which is a trail marker used by the natives, and this man-made stone landmark had been adopted as a symbol for the 2010 Olympics here in Whistler. Since the landmark has been such a hit with the tourists I caught up on a little history and knew it was a good idea to follow the path of the Inukshuk. After a short while we connected up with the beaten path threw the tree’s of Tricouni.
Brian and I hiked threw a beautiful Forrest for quite some time with no water fall in sight. We could hear water running, but after an hour of hiking we hit a look off, and still no indication of a water fall. So Brian and I decided to snap a few photos at the look off, drink some water and hike back to the truck.
It ended up being a long day with 2 hours of hiking without finding what we were looking for. On the plus side I was able to snap some great landscape photos of Tricouni Mountain and the Squamish river so the day was without a loss.
If you enjoyed this post you can check out my other hiking posts with the links below:
Musical Bumps to Singing Pass Whistler Hiking – Alta Lake Kayaking – 2008 First Snow Fall Whistler Landscapes – Whistler Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak Landscapes
