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Place Details Distance: 16.0Km Elevation: 1020m High Point: 1620m Location: BC, Canada 19 Posts  It's how you finish and this one finished up quite nicely. We made an early start and arrived at the first lookout on Elk just before 9:00. Mood and date:  Jun 02, 2013 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Two peaks in one day! Not that there was much of a saddle to stomp through or hardcore traverse, but lets just keep it at two peaks in one day Mood and date: May 19, 2013 Elk-Thurston Mountain GPS
The weather has been terrible, the forecast after today was bleak so I figured I better take advantage of a sunny day.
I left the busy parking Mood and date: Jun 15, 2012 Elk-Thurston Mountain
The snow and ice on the trail from about the 3km mark made this one tougher than usual. The trail was quite icy for about the last km up to Mood and date: Dec 04, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
  Part of Bruce's group. Thanks for posting the pics and story Bruce!
Andrew Mood and date: Dec 04, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
For the first couple hours of this solo trip, I left a beautiful sunny day in the Fraser Valley to hike up in the clouds. But then just like Mood and date: Oct 25, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
3 of us went today. Me, myself and I. First solo trip of any significant distance. Made it to the first view point on Elk in an hour. Pretty Mood and date: Sep 16, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
We hit the trail pretty early, reached the first viewpoint in about an hour and 15 minutes. I had been once before when visibility wasn't more Mood and date: Sep 03, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Excellent wildflowers even in late August Mood and date: Aug 20, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Beautiful ridge walk, not buggy and not too hot or crowded either. About 40 minutes before the Thurston summit, there is a mini-summit with a Mood and date: Jul 09, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
This was a great hike on a lovely sunny day. Most of the elevation is gained early in the hike on the way up Elk, with a ridgewalk continuing Mood and date: Jun 26, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
It's Elk Mountain! It's Thurston! It's a hundred other people doing the same hike! Hooray!
It was actually a nice trip. The alpine flowers Mood and date: Jun 26, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
A bit early in the season to do Elk, but I was in need of mountain views and Elk has tremendous returns for a bit of investment.
My highlight Mood and date: Jun 26, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Looking for some fairy simple terrain after 3 months of inactivity, we picked Elk-Thurston, with a possibility of continuing on to Mercer should Mood and date: May 29, 2011 Elk-Thurston Mountain GPS
Great views of the valley and the surrounding mountains...when there was a break in the clouds.
This is a steep but well-graded trail. We Mood and date: Sep 11, 2010 Elk-Thurston Mountain
I did Elk Thurston on my mountian bike. The pedal/push up was rather nasty but the ride down was a lot of fun. I rode on a weekday and started Mood and date: Aug 24, 2010 Elk-Thurston Mountain
This is indeed a very popular trail in the Chilliwak area. We met about 20 people on the way up to Elk peak, most of them suffering a lot because Date: Aug 23, 2009 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Pros:Wildflowers! Minimal bugs. No snow. Views of the valley.
Cons:Crowds. People w. dogs
Don't let the crowds and dogs Date: Jul 18, 2009 Elk-Thurston Mountain
Elk was challenging. The trail was too icy (high-extreme conditions) to the lookout and unstable and slushy snow on the steep parts of the ridge. Date: Apr 15, 2009 Elk-Thurston Mountain
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