Over millions of years was the ice during the ice ages that eroded the rock formed around them. The ice also hollowed Howe Sound is actually a fjord.
There are about 189 routes for hiking and climbing to the boss. To all of climb begins at the base of the course. However, there are 3 routes for hikers and climbers for the rest. The climb is one of the largest free-standing granite monolith in the world.
The Head of the squaw and apronare the names of individual towers Stawamus Chief Mountain.
Probably the first thing you notice is the most important is the multiple license plates on many vehicles filling the parking lots.
50,000 visitors hike up the mountain above it, and 25,000 each year. Climbers Parking Lot on the east side of Hwy 99 intersection with Swawamus River Forest Road, north of the capital Swawamus view.
The boss is a grueling,hard, way back, 7-11 km, depending on which of the 3 routes you choose. All about this walk is up or down. His legs are sore after a long period. park for the first excursion, your car in the parking lot beside Shannon Falls Provincial Park Logger's Sports Area. Make the orange markers nailed to a large cedar in the north of the course. It takes 15 minutes to go around the base of the Cape. Note the smooth surface of rock. Thiswas modeled from the ice age.
Another approach is the basis of the boss at the interpretive center and viewing area to drive on the highway. 99 north of Shannon falls. They should lead the dirt road along the slope in the middle of the view. It 's the link to the old road that runs from the base. Here you will find really impressive to see how the boss really is. Now you understand why it has been in countless magazine articles throughout thisWorld.
Do not forget to visit the information center to see many interesting relics of the history of the mountain and head Stawamus.
To reach the trail head, south and follow the old road to the end. The hike from this point is two miles to the summit and takes about 2 hours. If you need to contact the Centre and the summit via the North, you have to tack on an hour, as is 3.5 miles. Both paths have a common beginning. They share topOleson Creek. The trail from Shannon Falls joins Oleson Creek. From bottom to top is 2,000 feet.
By the beginning you see the smooth surface and the striped areas at the time was when the entire area and rock actually created by thousands of feet of ice. As the ice moved to other rock in the ground surface.
In fact, geologists believe that the boss may be the root of an extinct volcano because no volcanic activity took place from86000000 years ago to about 2-3 million years ago. was found after the last ice age no volcanic activity.
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