Name: Flower Ridge - Shepherd Ridge - SC2p3
Start: 2025-07-18T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-07-22T16:00:00-07:00

**Event: Flower Ridge-Shepherd Ridge**
[Level of Difficulty](http://islandmountainramblers.com/events/): SC2p3
Hiking Distance: 45 km
Elevation Gain: 4000 m
Estimated Hiking Time: 6 hours
Max # Participants: 1
Rope: This trip will require a rope for rapelling
Dogs: No
**Required Equipment:**
--the Ten Essentials
--climbing harness, helmet, & ATC (harness and ATC available for club members)
--crampons (available for club members)
--ice axe (available for club members)
--overnight gear
**Trip Details:**

Meet at Flower Ridge TH by 10ish.
Day 1- Hike into the tarns below Central Crags. (12 km, 1300m elevation)
Day 2 - Hike to Shepherds Horn camp, attempt the Horn.
Day 3 - Check out Tzela Mountain - back to base camp
Day 4 - Shepherd's Peak and maybe out?
Day 5 - Our 'cushion day'.

Ian Brown, Graham Smith, and myself and are looking for another person to join us on this trip. None of us have been in the area. We are steady paced hikers, keen on safety and communication.
You MUST have back country experience, and be comfortable with ice axe/crampons/rappelling/route finding.
I anticipate a few tricky steps along the Shepherd Ridge requiring a rope for safety.
There will be snow/glacier along the route as well.
Tzela Mountain is optional, base camp style long day.
Getting off of Shepherd Ridge sounds like a bit of a bushwack.

Any questions- please reach out.
We reserve the right to choose a person that is a right fit for us, as opposed to 'first come first serve'. Thanks for your understanding.

The small print:
The link below is an idea of the area. He went further. The distances and elevations quoted above are also a guess-timation. None of us have been n this area. We hike P3-P4. Will also depend on temperature.
**Other Useful Links**
--[Description of trip ratings](http://islandmountainramblers.com/events/)
--[Borrow equipment from the club library](http://islandmountainramblers.com/doreen-cowlin-memorial-library/)
--[Resource links for weather and more](http://islandmountainramblers.com/resources/)
--Trip Report: [https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/flower-and-shepherd-ridge-and-playing-around-cliffe-glacier-26963288](https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/flower-and-shepherd-ridge-and-playing-around-cliffe-glacier-26963288)
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If you need to cancel your RSVP after the cut-off time, please inform the event organizer via:
\-\-\-personal email [susandcastle@hotmail.com](mailto:susandcastle@hotmail.com)

How to find us: Flower Ridge TH - Westmin Road, Strathcona Park

Two of us will be in the park already, connect with Graham for carpool option.

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