Jack Shark’s Augerpoint Trail climbs from 240 m elevation on the east side of Buttle Lake to subalpine tarns at 1410 m on the Augerpoint ridge. Although only about 4.5 km to the tarns, the trail is steep from the very start, with a couple of flat benches but also a couple of scree slopes. Our reward at the top after about 4-1/2 hrs of hiking was spectacular views to the north, west, & south, of Buttle Lake and the surrounding mountains.
Buttle Lake south with Nine Peaks on the left, Mt Myra in the centre
The white rock of Marble Meadows is striking from this vantage point.
Moon over Strathcona Park West: Golden Hinde, Morrison Spire, Marble Peak
The Golden Hinde, highest peak on Vancouver Island at 2200 m, is in the heart of the Park to the west.
The Golden Hinde with Alpine Tarns
Jack Shark was a long-time Comox District Mountaineering Club member who rebuilt the Augerpoint Trail after a forest fire 30 years ago burned the original trail.
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