MISTA PEAK 2470m 8104′
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Map: 82F/12 Passmore, west border
Drive:
0.0 Start straight on Koch Creek FSR. Right goes to Little Slocan Forest Rd.
9km Stay right on the main road. Left goes to Grizzly Creek Recreation
11km Go straight. Right is Marioka Road to Mt Flynn. Reset odometer; 1.4km Fork, to right; 8.1km Fork, go left.
16km Stay straight and level. Then pass two ascending right forks (second one has 51km sign).
17km Go left on the unsigned Koch-Applegate Road – up the power line. Straight goes to McKean Lakes. Right is Watson Creek FSR. Zero odometer
0.0 Start on Koch-Applegate road
4.6 km At a prominent fork, go right downhill and across a bridge, then climb steeply to a big hydroelectric tower (height of land; Mista Peak visible) near km 8.1. Park.
Route: Bushwhack downhill, heading south, to a small valley. At the valley bottom, go uphill in an old cut block. Two choices: up the cut block a little way and contour south into the valley on the north side of Mista Peak, or climb from the cut block and follow the ridge line to a col where the two routes meet. The party chose the former.
Hike to about 1800m (5900 feet) and contour at this elevation around into a north-facing valley, coming out at its head (rhododendron bushwhacking). From the head of the valley, there is good travel on alplands and boulders to the col at 285-059 at the northeast ridge.
Go along the northeast ridge over two minor summits (black lichen, slippery; and clefts) to the summit cairn (which was rebuilt in 2010).
FA Topographical Survey party, date and route unknown.
FRA Vicki Hart, Sandra McGuinness, 11/10/2010.
On the return, drop down onto the east side (avoiding difficulties) to one of the minor summits. From the col, travel NW up the ridge (bush is open). Then turn north and follow the ridge to one final small bump, and descend in a northerly direction, coming out at the cut block.