Finally managed to get up Mount Brunswick, the highest mountain on the North Shore. A fairly easy 6-8hr day with a fun grade-3 scramble at the top to make it to the summit. Starting in the quiet little village of Lions Bay, the trail follows an old FSR towards the infamous Lions before a separate (and very overgrown) trail soon diverges north east and begins to zig-zag up the mountain with views of the Howe Sound.

Looking up towards the summit of Mount Brunswick

Catching glimpses of Howe Sound through gaps in trees while ascending

A caterpillar. Not sure which is the front and which is the back.

At a crossroads of trails on the way to the summit of Brunswick Mountain

After about 2 hours of hiking up the winding trail through the trees and bushes covering the west facing slopes you emerge out into an opening and begin scrambling up to the ridge that will take you to the summit, which still remains out of site.

The beginning of the scramble with no end in site. Just got to keep going up.

Further up the scramble and heading to the shoulder provides great views…

Getting pretty high. High enough to make eye contact with float plane passengers…

Once up the first bit of the scramble you arrive at a flat shoulder on the ridge the ascends to the summit. From here you get your first views of what’s on the other side of the ridge and can see all the way to Black Tusk and the snow-capped peaks of the Garibaldi Provincial Park. You can also appreciate sheer size and scale of the north face as it drops all the way down into Deeks Lake, an awesome camping spot.

The view from the shoulder. Looking across the north face as it descends to Brunswick Lake.

The ridge to Brunswick Mountain summit. Almost there.

Once at the summit, it provides incredible 360 panorama of the entire north shore.

Looking directly south to Vancouver, through the Lions.

Looking south west over Bowen Island, Horseshoe Bay and the Sunshine Coast

Looking west over Hat Mountain and Howe Sound

Looking straight down the North Face at Brunswick Lake, Hanover Lake and Deeks Lake.

Atop the summit of Brunswick Mountain. My favourite peak on the North Shore.

All photos credit of C.Hermansson. And they are awesome.