SUMMARY: Start from Lions Bay parking lot. Follow the logging road, take first right, second left on the Brunswick trail. Go right on next intersection which is hidden by a blowdown and trees. (Don't go on the bottom logging road, it goes to Hat Mountain). Follow the road to the end and go steeply up the forest. At the intersection with HSCT, turn left and traverse below the steep slopes of Brunswick. Go back up to Hat/Brunswick pass. Then down a large bassin. Cross it without loosing too much elevation and head for Hanover. We went up the right gully (Southwest) which was covered with snow. It's steep and crampons and ice axe were needed. We went down the same gully, then traversed towards Magnesia Meadow. Contour the East slopes of Brunswick and go up a wide gully, to join the HSCT. Follow it to the emergency hut and the back (West) slopes of Harvey. We went down the south slopes of Harvey and back on the logging road. The total cumulative gain is closer to 2150m.create
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Mount Hanover - Magnesia Meadow Loop
Apr 18, 2009
The cumulative elevation gain was probably around 2100m...
Snow started soon after the hidden intersection to go up Brunswick instead of Hat Mt. Snowshoes were necessary at first to avoid postholing, but the snow got really hard in the forest and I put my crampons on, much faster! Once on the East side of Brunswick, the snow was much softer and many sluffs and recent slides were visible. We had to cross a few. In the gully, natural snow slide happened all the time as we were going back down. Bad timing, just as the snow was warming up and being released constantly. Crampons and ice axe are a good idea at the moment. The gully was fully covered in snow and is really steep. Whyle contouring Brunswick, the snow was much deeper and quite nice, again snowshoes were necessary. On the south slope of Harvey, the snow was really soft, humid and heavy. The snow is present all the way down to the logging road. It is snow free after the intersection with the trail going to the Lions.