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| Dog Face (Lady Peak) explained |
The previous day an onslaught of rain and wind had blasted the eastern Fraser Valley but when I awoke except for a veil of clouds lightly concealing Cheam from view the skies are remarkably clear.
We muster at stops in Agassiz, Popkum and Sardis with a group of 20 being assigned to the 4x4 vehicles necessary to climb up to the staging area located off the Chilliwack Lake Road; more specifically 27 km from the Vedder bridge. I am grateful to be placed in Sid's truck both because of his experience driving these rough decommissioned gravel roads and his company. Along the route Shelley in the back tells us there are 82 dips to cross before we get there and that number 53 is a real bad one. I start a count and in between the lunging about I reminiscence about the many legends that surround Cheam.
The folklore about Mount Cheam is both beautiful and haunting. It is the stuff of life and death, transformation and love. As explained in an earlier post, Mount Cheam, is the wife of Mount Baker and she returned to this place in order to look after both the First Nation people and the Fraser River salmon, fish once essential to their way of life. Behind her keeping her company is "Lady Peak" but to locals this was always "Dog Face", Mount Cheam's canine companion.
Number 53 lives up to its reputation as the truck grinds over its edge. We stop a few times to take in the view. The green hues of the alpine meadows intensify and then recede as light breaks through the clouds. We are almost a mile high. Magic.
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| Mount Cheam and Lady Peak, BC |
The rain and wind of a day earlier has made the skies crystal clear and a wonderful blue.
I am on the hunt for beauty as we begin our trek. Beauty it turns out is all around us.
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| Hermann Hikers and Lady Peak, BC |
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| Spoon Lake, Cheam Ridge, BC |
Back to the hike, the clouds continue to make a quite a show for us on Dog Face and I do my best to capture something awesome in the quickly moving light.
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| Cloud Play on Lady Peak, BC |
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| Mount Baker from Cheam Ridge, BC |
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