MOUNT HEYLAND 2550m 8366′
Located 4.6 kilometres southwest of Mount Carlyle, on the watershed.
Drive 12.5 km (7.8 miles) on the Silverton Creek Road. Walk the road to the cut block just beyond the old mine and head for the steep rib (bushwhacking on steep slopes) extending west and leading to the west face. It is an easy scramble once one is in the alpine zone and on the west face; 3 hours to the summit. (II, 3)
FRA Kim Kratky, 16/6/1997.
MT HEYLAND (Titei Mtn./Mt Heyland) both 8,350′ by Kim Kratky
For the benefit of all those who didn’t ask, Titei is located east of Fishermaiden Lake, north of Blue Grouse Basin, and just outside the boundary of Kokanee Glacier Park. Mike Brewster, who’s been there, tells me it’s pronounced “tie tay” (accent on first syllable). The trip itself, scheduled for Wednesday, June 18th, was of course cancelled because of bad weather, but the leader was able to make some explorations in the area.
Access is usually via Silverton and Silverton Creek. When I did a reconnaissance on the preceding Monday, I found the road blocked at about km 12.5 near an old mine site. Dave Fitchett of MoF says his crews are scheduled to clear the blockage early this summer.
As the weather wasn’t bad, I took the opportunity to scramble Mt. Heyland (8,350′) from the west. The best (use that word guardedly) approach is to walk the road to the cut block just beyond the mine and make for the steep west ridge leading to Heyland’s west face. It’s an easy scramble once you’re in the alpine, but not a trip you want to do more than once. Three hours to the summit. Character-building bushwhacking on steep slopes.
Kim Kratky