Mount Troubridge (Sunshine Coast)

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Mount Troubridge

Mount Troubridge

Location in the qathet Regional District

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Mount Troubridge

Mount Troubridge (British Columbia)

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Mount Troubridge

Mount Troubridge (Canada)

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Highest point
Elevation| 1,304 m (4,278 ft)[1]
Prominence| 945[1]
Parent peak| Mount Calder 1,469 m (4,820 ft)[1]
Isolation| 10.32 km (6.41 mi)
Coordinates| 49°48′44″N 124°09′31″W﻿ / ﻿49.812248°N 124.15851°W﻿ / 49.812248; -124.15851[1]
Geography
Region| qathet Regional District
District| New Westminster Land District
Parent range| Pacific Ranges

Mount Troubridge is a 1,304 metres (4,278 ft) mountain in the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is part of the Pacific Ranges, a major subrange of the Coast Mountains. It is located above Saltery Bay, an unincorporated coastal community on the Jervis Inlet near the city of Powell River.

Mount Troubridge is a popular destination for outdoor recreation year-round, especially for hiking and snowshoeing. The mountain is known for its extensive stands of old-growth temperate rainforest forest and many vistas of the surrounding mountains and inlets.

## Recreation[edit]

The mountain is accessible via the Sunshine Coast Trail, a wilderness hiking trail that traverses the qathet Regional District. The summit of Mount Troubridge is the highest point of the entire 180 kilometre (110 mi) trail. The most common approach is the East Mount Troubridge Trail which is 7.7 km from the Saltery Bay Main logging road near Rainy Day Lake. Hikers approaching from Lois Lake reservoir in the west, can use the 9 km Elephant Lakes Trail then the 6 km West Mount Troubridge Trail to the summit. There is a short loop trail on the summit plateau.[2]

There are two wilderness hut on Mount Troubridge. The Troubridge Hut is a fully winterized cabin that sleeps ten people, while the Troubridge Emergency Shelter at the summit can sleep four.[3] There are additional huts nearby on Mount Troubridge's lower slopes such as the Golden Stanley Hut near Lois Lake and the Rainy Day Lake Hut.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Clendinning Range
* Shíshálh Nation

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Mount Troubridge, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
2. ^ a b Walz, R.E. (2021). The Sunshine Coast Trail Guide Book (5th ed.). Powell River: End of the Road Press. ISBN 978-0-9681166-4-7.
3. ^ "Hut-to-Hut Hiking". Sunshine Coast Trail. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

## External links[edit]

* qathet Parks & Wilderness Society

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