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3 Tower / Red Deer Creek Falls / Warner Lake trip

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Trail stats

Distance
78.66 mi
Elevation gain
9,925 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
9,925 ft
Max elevation
6,114 ft
TrailRank 
58
Min elevation
6,114 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
6 hours 50 minutes
Time
10 hours 26 minutes
Coordinates
15806
Uploaded
August 14, 2022
Recorded
August 2022
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near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia (Canada)

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Photo of3 Tower / Red Deer Creek Falls / Warner Lake trip Photo of3 Tower / Red Deer Creek Falls / Warner Lake trip Photo of3 Tower / Red Deer Creek Falls / Warner Lake trip

Itinerary description

Huge day of riding - but well worth it.

Waypoints

PictographLake Altitude 4,160 ft
Photo ofBootski Lake Trailhead

Bootski Lake Trailhead

PictographLake Altitude 4,173 ft
Photo ofBootski Lake Trail Head and Parking lot

Bootski Lake Trail Head and Parking lot

PictographSummit Altitude 4,885 ft
Photo ofWest trail to Fire Tower

West trail to Fire Tower

Lower portion just off Oil Field access road. Muskeg meadow - can be very wet

PictographSummit Altitude 4,875 ft
Photo ofWest trail to old fire tower

West trail to old fire tower

Lower portion of trail - muskeg meadow - can be very wet

PictographSummit Altitude 5,735 ft
Photo ofOld Fire Tower

Old Fire Tower

Looking west with Red Deer Creek below

PictographSummit Altitude 5,738 ft
Photo ofOld Fire Tower

Old Fire Tower

Looking south - Red Deer Creek below

PictographSummit Altitude 5,748 ft
Photo ofOld Fire Tower

Old Fire Tower

Looking east from tower.

PictographSummit Altitude 5,745 ft
Photo ofOld Fire Tower

Old Fire Tower

In the fire tower - looking west

PictographSummit Altitude 5,984 ft
Photo ofCommunication Tower

Communication Tower

East of old fire tower - looking west - can see fire tower in the far distance

PictographSummit Altitude 5,984 ft
Photo ofCommunication Tower - looking south

Communication Tower - looking south

Red Deer Creek below

PictographSummit Altitude 6,207 ft
Photo ofRepeater Station

Repeater Station

Looking west towards communication tower and fire tower

PictographSummit Altitude 6,214 ft
Photo ofRepeater Station

Repeater Station

Looking East - Red Deer below

PictographRiver Altitude 5,256 ft
Photo ofEast trail down from repeater station

East trail down from repeater station

A couple bad washouts on this trail

PictographRiver Altitude 5,249 ft
Photo ofEast trail down from repeater station

East trail down from repeater station

A couple bad washouts in this section

PictographFlora Altitude 5,240 ft
Photo ofCoal seam Photo ofCoal seam

Coal seam

Very evident Coal seam in the washout

PictographRiver Altitude 5,269 ft
Photo ofEast trail down from Repeater station

East trail down from Repeater station

Very bad wash out in this section - road almost gone

PictographIntersection Altitude 5,108 ft
Photo ofIntersection

Intersection

PictographRiver Altitude 4,367 ft
Photo ofLittle Prairie Creek

Little Prairie Creek

Bridge over creek - great lunch spot

PictographRiver Altitude 4,367 ft
Photo ofLittle Prairie Creek

Little Prairie Creek

Bridge over Creek

PictographRiver Altitude 3,497 ft
Photo ofRed Deer Falls

Red Deer Falls

PictographRiver Altitude 3,556 ft
Photo ofRiver

River

PictographRiver Altitude 3,579 ft
Photo ofWarner Lake Trail

Warner Lake Trail

2nd crossing of the Red Deer Creek

PictographLake Altitude 4,249 ft
Photo ofWarner Lake Photo ofWarner Lake Photo ofWarner Lake

Warner Lake

20 km’s from first river crossing to lake. Last 8 km’s of trail pretty tough. Very grown in. But well worth the ride. Lake is very nice - surprisingly warm for mountain lake

PictographLake Altitude 4,242 ft
Photo ofWarner Lake.

Warner Lake.

A bit of a camping spot on north shore

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