8.9km 952m elevation gain.. if not more depending on whose device you believe.
6:52 total time
Got out with Evan and Dean again. Our target was Mount Ginger Goodwin, an 1161m mountain most of the way down Comox Lake. Gate times are always an issue here but we had a couple of extra hours this weekend. It was nice to not feel super rushed and have a bit of time to stop and explore.
We parked around 300m and went up from there. The sun was out and the sky was blue but there was no real rest from the constant grind up hill. There was some great views on the way. Snow started at around 1000m but we didn't put on our snowshoes until near the end, after summiting.
Just below the summit of Ginger Goodwin is one of the best views of Comox Glacier I've seen. It's not a bad view on the summit but a few trees block the view a bit. A small cairn marks the summit of the mountain.
After a brief stop for lunch we made our way to Idiens Lake. We still didn't have our snowshoes on but with time a concern, we put them on to make the traverse to the lake.
The lake was still mostly frozen. We got up a small hill, found the memorial cairn and enjoyed the view for a few minutes before having to make our way back. It rained lightly on the knee jarring descent but just enough to keep us cool. We made it back to the vehicles with an hour to spare.
This hike had everything. Sun, bugs, rain, snowshoeing in shorts. It was a great day to be out.
Ginger Goodwin was a coal miner and advocate for workers rights. Ginger was hiding out in a cabin on Alone Mountain to evade the draft where he was eventually he was killed by a police officer, supposedly in self defence. Gingers death sparked a one-day general strike in Vancouver on Aug 2, 1918, which was the first general strike ever held in Canada.
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