The ancient forest trails are open an ice free. Except for the first little bit on the board walk it has a bit of snow left. Other then that it’s all clear

Teapot mountain is accessible to the trailhead now, just a small section of snow but could drive through it. Trail was mostly clear. A few minor areas with some snow but can get around them easily.

Tim D and I cleared the following trails. AMHT head parking east to the junction with the Blackwater Canyon Trail. Down the Canyon Loop trail and cleared the trail to the river. Pack Trail (Not yet shown on rec sites map), just west of the river spur trail out to the Blackwater road.

The trail was 99% dry with one small section containing a little bit of mud.

THE ROAD INTO THE TRAILHEAD HAS A VERY WET SECTION WHEN YOU FIRST START DOWN THE ROAD BUT IT HASA VERY SOLID ROCK BASE AND ISNT AN ISSUE. THE ROAD IS A LITTLE ROUGH BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. THE TRAIL ITSELF IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND MOST WET AREAS NOW HAVE WALKWAYS THANKS TO THE CALEDONIA RAMBLERS. ONE TREE CAME DOWN WHILE I WAS IN THERE BUT ALL OTHER WINDFALL WAS RECENTLY CLEARED BY THE CALEDONIA RAMBLERS AS WELL SO THANKYOU TO THEM.

There is a bit of snow in spots on trail to the caves but trail is in great shape.

Regarding the Teapot Mountain conditions, you have to park around 1.5km away from the main trailhead because of the remaining stubborn snow patches. However, 90% of the entire trail is now snow-free. Some muddy spots, but nothing to write home about. Get out there and enjoy this world-class hike before the mosquitoes come out to play! Have fun, be safe, and don’t forget to thank your body during the hike for everything it’s capable of accomplishing

Trail is mostly dry with a few snow sections on the road near the top.

TRAIL IS VERY DRY AND THERE IS SOME TREES ACROSS THE TRAIL IN PLACES BUT ALL IN ALL IN GOOD SHAPE

Tim and Greg headed down the Fort George Canyon Trail today and did some clearing. The trail is in pretty good shape with only a couple of wet/muddy spots. The road into the trailhead is completely bare with a couple of large puddles just after you turn off Westlake Rd.

TROLL LAKE TRAIL STILL REQUIRES SNOWSHOES ALTHOUGH SOME PORTIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED MUDSHOEING

Patches of snow start at 800m into trail. At 1.4km snow/ice is continuous, spikes needed. Snowshoes put on after km2. From km 3 snow was quite sticky, especially in meadows. Still sticky but not as bad after km5 board. Lake looks like it’s starting to cave in. Once above treeline no progress made as there was fresh wet snow of maybe 10cm on top of a crust base. Too much sliding. Beautiful as always on Viking.

Sugarbowl Mountain tasted extra sweet today! The unanticipated snow blizzard during the final 2.5km leading up to the summit definitely tested the will. As always, surreal scenery in every direction.

Hike to Kinney Lake at Mt Robson. Used hiking boots some icy and snowy patches on the trail. Beautiful day!

Pilot Mountain this afternoon. Still some snow along sections of the trail, but some cool ice formations in the cave. Went up and down on the trail because I somehow missed the connection the road. 1 hour up and 45 min down.

We hiked the trail with micro spikes and noticed many icy sections and deep compact snow in other sections. Micro Spikes are a must

T&T Adventures explored this trail and aborted the mission as snow conditions became terrible and we discovered the fire tower seems to no longer exist

Hiked LC Gunn trail this afternoon. Trail is in pretty good condition with some wet and muddy/slippery parts.

T&T Adventures summited Paradise Ridge in some very sloppy and slushy conditions. Avalanche risks are higher this time of year and snow conditions change drastically throughout the day.

T&T Adventures hiked to the summit of Boulder Mt with some help from another group that started before we arrived.

A group of Caledonia Ramblers hiked to the cabin on The Farm Trail