DIRECTIONS: Drive on Highway 99 to Whistler and take the turn off to Cheakamus lake. Follow the pretty rough forest service read for 7km until the trailhead.create
SUMMARY: From the trailhead follow the Cheakamus lake trial for 1.5 km. After 1.5km there is a turn off to Helm Creek campsite. Follow this trail for 7km to the campsite. From the Campsite you can see Helm Peak to the south. Bushwak towards Helm peak for about 1km until it gets steaper and start to climb. After about 500m and 300 m elevaton gain you get to a smaller peak that is well visible all the way up. Scramble up the lefthand side of this smaller peak. At the top, you can see the summit and walk along a ridge up to Helm peak.create
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Helm Peak
Jul 11, 2009
We had a late start at around noon at the Cheakamus lake trailhead with started with perfect hiking weather. The trail is very easy to follow and well marked all the way up to the Helm creek campsite. From the campsite the you can see the peak and we hiked about a kilometer through the meadows to the base of the peak. From the base we started to climb up the extremly steap slope for about an hour until we reached the peak. From up there we had beautiful views of Black Tusk and the other peaks of the surrounding.
There are tons of bugs up there at the moment, so bring plenty of repellent.