On November 20th, Adrien, Bonn Tien and I made an attempt via East approach. We didn't quite made to the hut or to the lake. We ran out of time and stopped just below the bluff, which forced us to slept tentless in -15 temperature.
Bonn Tien was opposed to sleep outside, she would rather hike back to the car in the dark.I think we kinda traumatized her with our decision.
Last weekend, we were planning to climb Garibaldi and Atwel, but due to Adrien's work commitment, we ended up going back to Brew hut. This time, we tried to take Roe Creek Branch R200 approach. I managed to drive my 2WD up to 400m(not sure with the elevation), where the cat ski office was. It was fairly long approach to the hut. The weather was mixed of rain and snow on Saturday.
We had the hut by ourselves. The wind was pretty crazy that night. I woke up numerous times due to violent wind pounding the wall of the hut. On Sunday, we bagged Mt. Brew, Malt, Hops, and Keg on such an amazing weather. Although, it would have been perfect if it wasn't so windy and cold. We were hiking with our down jacket most of the time.
Approach to the lake/hut
Brew hut at night. We had a warm night compared on our previous trip. Adrien checking out weather forecast and replying to work emails
Brew Hut
Mt. Brew. It was extremely windy and cold on the summit
Malt Peak. We dropped down South east of Brew down to the valley. Adrien did not careless about the wind and cold on top, he was busy checking work email..lol
Hops Peak. We went back to the hut to have lunch, then off to Hops Peak. There was some serious cornice on the traverse to Keg. Guess what was Adrien doing on top of Hops?... checking emails.
Keg Peak, the highest of all four peaks. It was an easy ridge walk. We bypassed the cornice on the way back to the hut, dropped down few meters north of Hops to the bowl and traversed.
Hike out
Brew Hut from Dean Perez on Vimeo.
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