Date: Feb 10, 2018
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Category: Hike
Details: The destination is familiar: Empress Mountain, the highest point in the CRD. The route is less familiar: up the slogging road from Harbourview, around Crabapple Lake, and onwards to the peak. Distance for the day will be over 20km, with around 600m of elevation gain.
Equipment: Good boots, a day pack with The Ten Essentials.
Rating: This trip is rated as B1 (B: moderately strenuous, 7-8 hours, ~600m elevation gain, day pack; 1: gentle slopes, mainly trails).