Sunburst Peak

Hike Name: Sunburst Peak
Activity: Scrambling

Distance: ~5km (RT)

Altitude: 2,830 m

Elevation Gain: ~650m

Area: Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Crew: Travis, Stephen

Time to Summit: Unknown (didn't keep track)

Lisa's Mom Rating: No

Trailhead: Lake Magog Backcountry Campground

Getting There:

See the link below in "Additional Info".

Additional Info:

This hike was on Day 2 of our Mount Assiniboine backpacking trip. After we finished The Nub, the sun was shining and I had so much energy so the boys decided they would scramble up Sunburst Peak with me. It was a fun scramble with bushwhacking, boulder fields, and route-finding through cliff bands. The summit view was amazing and the scramble was loads of fun! We missed the girls though!

Travis and Stephen on the summit of Sunburst with Assiniboine in the background

 Looking over the edge at Cerulean Lake (left) and Sunburst Lake (right)

 Summit register signed! Not many people scramble up here. It appears that a someone summited the day before us, but their tracks were washed away by the rain from the night before.

 

Stephen scrambling back down one of the cliff bands