Camping at the base of the Chief

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Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by Wally » Wed May 30, 2012 11:49 am

Planning on our first visit to Squamish this summer. Four of us are arriving on a Saturday afternoon. What is the best strategy for securing a campsite at the Chief? Show up early Sunday morning and see if we can find anyone leaving? If that fails, try again Monday morning? Any suggestions on how to score a campsite at the Chief would be great.

What about backup camping options?

Thanks! Climb Ohn. Wally

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by NateDoggOG » Wed May 30, 2012 1:12 pm

Not too many people there just yet; you shouldn't have a problem.

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by scrubber » Wed May 30, 2012 8:59 pm

If you're arriving on a weekend, it honestly depends on the weather. If it's bluebird, you might have to see if anyone looks friendly enough to share their campsite until Sunday afternoon when many spots will open up.

Alternate camping options include:

Free: Almost anywhere up the many forestry roads around town (security of your stuff: zero)
Cheap: The municipal campground beside the Brennan Park Recreation Centre (esthetics: zero, but close to the Smoke Bluffs, and showers and the pool are right next door)
Not cheap: Klahanie Campground, Dryden Creek Campground, Alice Lake Provincial Park, Squamish Valley Campground

Good luck and enjoy your first visit!

Kris

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by Wally » Thu May 31, 2012 11:04 am

Kris - great beta - thank you! Yes, looking forward to my first visit.

Nate - thanks for posting up. Wish I was arriving now, but we won't be there for another couple of months.

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by NateDoggOG » Thu May 31, 2012 1:19 pm

Oh my bad. For some reason I derived from your post that you would be here like this weekend or something.

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by J Mace » Thu May 31, 2012 2:33 pm

Nah Wally you dont want to be in Squamish in June...this weekend being the beginning of back to the gym month...

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by c-plus » Thu May 31, 2012 2:53 pm

J Mace wrote:Nah Wally you dont want to be in Squamish in June...this weekend being the beginning of back to the gym month...
ha ha! yeah, funny how June always seems to be such a disappointment.

As our resident meteorologist, care to provide an explanation?

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by J Mace » Thu May 31, 2012 3:24 pm

Dont know, just is :)

It usually goes like this

May: This is going to be the best summer ever

June/Junuary: When the hell is summer gonna show up

July1-15: This is the worst summer ever

July 15-Aug 10: Summer

Aug 15 Summer ends

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Re: Camping at the base of the Chief

Post by Cloudraker » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:17 pm

J Mace wrote:Dont know, just is :)

It usually goes like this

May: This is going to be the best summer ever

June/Junuary: When the hell is summer gonna show up

July1-15: This is the worst summer ever

July 15-Aug 10: Summer

Aug 15 Summer ends
:lol: :lol: :lol:

August 10-November 15: Shoulder season 1

November 15-February 15: winter

February 15-July 1: Shoulder season 2

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