WINTER TRAVELLERS: Make certain you have read about the winter travel particulars on the Wendy Thompson Homepage.
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All driving directions to the Wendy Thompson Hut Trailhead begin at the Petrocan Station in Pemberton. For up-to-the-hour remote weather station reports for the Duffey Lake Road, near the trailhead, navigate to the Cayoosh Summit MOH Remote Weather Station 1. From the Petrocan Station, drive east 6.9 km on Hwy 99 to Mount Currie (intersection by white church building)2. Turn right just north of church to remain on Hwy 99 (to Lillooet); follow this road for 10 km until a dirt road branches right (Lillooet Lake Road) 3. Ignore right and stay on Hwy 99, which begins to switchback up into the hills above Lillooet Lake for 16.9 km. 4. Continue past Joffre Lake parking area on Hwy 99 about 7.7 km to a bridge which crosses Cayoosh Creek. 5. Just past the bridge, Hwy 99 hooks left and then curves slowly right until it comes to a Ministry of Highways salt shed. 6. Park across the road from the MOH salt shed. This parking lot is normally cleared daily. |  |
Summer Access Route:A note on WAYPOINTS and WINTER TRAVEL: Please note that winter access will be different than the summer GPS waypoints posted. While there is a simple ATES rating to the route to the cabin, users should be aware that choosing the easiest route to the hut in winter conditions puts one on the simple route. Avalanches can and do cross this route periodically, so all precautions for travelling in avalanche terrain should be in place. The orange-marked route into the Wendy Thompson Hut marks the summer hiking trail only. No winter route is marked, though portions of the summer route might be appropriate for access under favourable winter conditions. 1. Follow the north edge of Hwy 99 west for a few hundred metres to an obvious forest service road that heads north.2. Follow this road up, staying on the main trunk for a few hundred metres until you see a sign indicating that this is the route to the Wendy Thompson Hut, continue on the main trunk (generally north). 3. About one km up the main trunk, a branch heads to the right uphill. Ignore this branch, staying on the main trunk (the main trunk has been brushed recently). 4. At about two km, the road ends, but a narrow track heads into mature forest directly ahead. Less than 50m in there will be a plaque noting that this is the route to the Wendy Thompson Hut. 5. Continue into the forest tending north. Avoid getting into the main creek drainage to the west and only use the obvious slide path on the right on the east if snow stability is good and there is little likelihood of the icefalls above melting. 6. There are orange markers on trees that indicate the summer route through this lower headwall. Do not try to follow the steep summer route directly, but we suggest that you keep a general track of these markers as you climb. 7. Note that a summer trail forks to the east near the top of the first headwall—this leads to Mt. Rohr, another destination. 8. As one continues up, a large meadow complex is reached. This turns the route to the northwest. Be aware that the route travels through avalanche terrain during this part of the trip. We recommend that groups do all they can to minimize their exposure during this part of the trip especially. 9. After passing by a small lake (300m long) climb a short distance to surmount the first bump NW of the lake. The hut is located on the top of this bump in an meadow area resulting from an old burn. Summer trail waypoints are available below. We would appreciate being contacted about any errors in this description. | |
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