Al’s
Habrich Ridge Trail
Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish
Trail Key: M~2~RT~ST~V~RH~R~DF~KF~S
Length: 12 Km’s return
Elevation: 954 meters
Toilet: At beginning of trail
Dogs: Yes but two rope assists
2014~Your hike starts at the top of The Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish. You park at the long term parking lot. Take the free shuttle over or walk for 10 minutes to the base camp. Once there buy your ticket for the gondola. If you’re planning on two visits or more consider buying a year or a season pass. You can also buy a pass for your dog.
http://www.seatoskygondola.com/visit/tickets-and-passes
For the first part of the hike you'll walk along a wide rocky road to the trail head. Turn left here. The trail starts at #1 and ends at #44. It's well marked. After a few minutes you’ll come to a steep rock slab. It’s not difficult coming down this.
Shortly after it's a dirt path again. Soon you will come to your first one of two rope assists. The first one is longer but it's totally doable. Then another path that comes out to a rock path and again into a shorter rope assist. That's the worst part of the trail if you follow it up to the pond. There are some viewpoints that would be great with rope assists but you don't have to go up...there are plenty of beautiful views!
Now you’re traveling on a granite rock slab for quite some time. There are some pretty views on either side. Soon it comes to a dirt path surrounded in cool timber. It's here where you start to go down on a rooty, dirt path. It then flattens out but don't get too comfy as it starts to climb quite steeply. Soon it starts to open up as you come to a big granite rock on your right. You can go up this steep slippery granite rock. Hoping they will install a chain or rope assist. Up top you can see as far as Garibaldi. Once you’re satisfied come down and walk for a few minutes, you come out onto a huge flat granite rock that has some stunning views. This is where the trail continues but is a beautiful spot for picture taking moments and lunch. Once done go left and follow the rocks with spray painted arrows.
The trail goes back into the woods on this rooty, spongy dirt trail...it's rolling hills now as you near the pond. You'll notice on your left as you approach the pond there's a new trail to Neverland Falls. It's a loop and it's about 1.5 hrs to complete.
Once at the pond you'll see a trail on the left side. This takes you to some falls but when we visited it was bone dry. If you keep following this trail it snakes up to another view point but it's sketchy getting up to the lookout and it's pretty much the same as you've seen earlier today.
I'd highly recommend this hike. It's a great workout and has some amazing views. There's the possibility of hiking up to the top of the gondola (Sea to Summit Trail/Wrinkle Rock) and hiking Al's but it would be 22 Km's & 2000 meters of elevation. Happy & safe trails.
Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish
Trail Key: M~2~RT~ST~V~RH~R~DF~KF~S
Length: 12 Km’s return
Elevation: 954 meters
Toilet: At beginning of trail
Dogs: Yes but two rope assists
2014~Your hike starts at the top of The Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish. You park at the long term parking lot. Take the free shuttle over or walk for 10 minutes to the base camp. Once there buy your ticket for the gondola. If you’re planning on two visits or more consider buying a year or a season pass. You can also buy a pass for your dog.
http://www.seatoskygondola.com/visit/tickets-and-passes
For the first part of the hike you'll walk along a wide rocky road to the trail head. Turn left here. The trail starts at #1 and ends at #44. It's well marked. After a few minutes you’ll come to a steep rock slab. It’s not difficult coming down this.
Shortly after it's a dirt path again. Soon you will come to your first one of two rope assists. The first one is longer but it's totally doable. Then another path that comes out to a rock path and again into a shorter rope assist. That's the worst part of the trail if you follow it up to the pond. There are some viewpoints that would be great with rope assists but you don't have to go up...there are plenty of beautiful views!
Now you’re traveling on a granite rock slab for quite some time. There are some pretty views on either side. Soon it comes to a dirt path surrounded in cool timber. It's here where you start to go down on a rooty, dirt path. It then flattens out but don't get too comfy as it starts to climb quite steeply. Soon it starts to open up as you come to a big granite rock on your right. You can go up this steep slippery granite rock. Hoping they will install a chain or rope assist. Up top you can see as far as Garibaldi. Once you’re satisfied come down and walk for a few minutes, you come out onto a huge flat granite rock that has some stunning views. This is where the trail continues but is a beautiful spot for picture taking moments and lunch. Once done go left and follow the rocks with spray painted arrows.
The trail goes back into the woods on this rooty, spongy dirt trail...it's rolling hills now as you near the pond. You'll notice on your left as you approach the pond there's a new trail to Neverland Falls. It's a loop and it's about 1.5 hrs to complete.
Once at the pond you'll see a trail on the left side. This takes you to some falls but when we visited it was bone dry. If you keep following this trail it snakes up to another view point but it's sketchy getting up to the lookout and it's pretty much the same as you've seen earlier today.
I'd highly recommend this hike. It's a great workout and has some amazing views. There's the possibility of hiking up to the top of the gondola (Sea to Summit Trail/Wrinkle Rock) and hiking Al's but it would be 22 Km's & 2000 meters of elevation. Happy & safe trails.
