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"CSMC trip: Squaw's Tit - Charles Stewart South Peak (Buffalo Point) traverse.
Group size – 6 (4) people
Elevation gain - 1831m
Distance – 19.5km return/loop
Car to car time – 10:50hrs
Move time – 8:10hrs
Technicality: Difficult (climbers scramble)
Definitions:
ST – Squaw’s Tit
CSS – Charles Stewart South Peak (Buffalo Point)
CSM – Charles Stewart Main Peak
WP – waypoint
Yellow arrows on Maps and Photos – route
Red arrows – notes
Description:
The whole route is represented on Map 1. Split the route’s logical parts into the sections here:
1. Parking – ST
A warm-up crux for the day is to find the correct trail in the forest. I had someone’s GPS track and parked at his spot (SE corner of Harvie Heights). More logical would be to park in the N/NW corner of the hamlet with an entrance to Tibits Quarry trail, see Map 2.
The rest is very straightforward with lots of info in the Internet.
2. ST – CSS ridge
Though when I was doing an initial research a month or two ago, I saw some info about the traverse (but didn’t save). But when started to prepare for the trip last week, I couldn’t find any.
The ridge is clearly visible from the summit of ST (Photo..." — alexp • Jun 7, 2015