Comments on: Finally Summit Green Mountain

By: Hiking near Nanaimo

Hiking near Nanaimo — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:44:46 +0000

[...] Finally Summit Green Mountain [...]

By: Green Mountain on a Blue Bird Day | Island Adventurer

Green Mountain on a Blue Bird Day | Island Adventurer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:26 +0000

[...] of the best so far has to be Green Mountain. An old ski hill abandoned before I was even born, it’s gentle slopes and wide open terrain [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:07:34 +0000

It was so nice to get up there again, it would of been cool to bump into you .. branch k is labeled and it breaks off into a branch K1 further up the road,We drove up past 4th lake and there were people camping at the lake, but we had to stop and turn around a few miles past that due to a big slide that has blocked the road, as of de cosmos i took branch A ,,, the gates are all open right now, i know i should of kept driving to see why they had the road closed but i didnt,lol

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:21:41 +0000

In reply to kim.

Hey Kim! That's awesome. I was up there with some friends on Saturday as well! I'm not even sure if the turn off Branch K is labelled. I forgot to look. I follow our GPS track all the time. Let me know when you're coming up next time. I might be able to come with or provide some better directions.Which road did you go up De Cosmos on? Is the gate still open on the deactivated road before De Cosmos coming from the main gate?

By: kim

kim — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:12:07 +0000

feb 20 th 2010.. i drove out to fourth lake and got onto branch k and followed it for a little while untill i came accross a sign going across the road saying road closed, which is where i turned around, the roads are actually pretty decent,, ill be going back soon. decided to go up de cosmos instead

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:57:26 +0000

Without the 4×4 you’ll be able to get to the road that starts up Green Mountain, which is about an hour from Nanaimo, past all the gates into Nanaimo Lake. There are some good ditches up that road on Green that you may or may not be able to get past.Sorry, those numbers are for Timberwest. I forgot to mention that. I’ve found that if one gate is closed then all of them were and you weren’t going anywhere anyways. I’m pretty sure you can 4×4 around the first one near the gate house, but you won’t be getting past the second and third, there is no room.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:52:13 +0000

i dont have a very good 4x4 anymore, lol . you said there is away around the gate, but which one there is the main gate and then after the cabins there is another 2 orange gates, that would be cool if there was a way all 3 of them, ill call those 2 numbers which i presume is timberwest, and ill ask some questions and get back to you,

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:21:17 +0000

In reply to kim.

Hi Kim!That's definitely a problem with that area. It's tough to gauge weather the gate will be open or not. If you have decent truck with 4x4, you can go around the gate but most of us are stuck going through it. Although you'll need a good truck with 4x4 to get all the way up to where we parked hiking up.It seems to be open all the time right now. Sometimes they post someone at the gate that opens and closes it and can tell you the schedule. I'd recommend calling to see if you could get any information from 250-729-3752 or 250-714-9525.Unfortunately the schedule depends on how much vandalism is currently going on in that area. If it's bad, they'll lock it down. Usually its open more and more after it dies down.

By: kim

kim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:05:57 +0000

im interested in hiking green mountain. could you please give me any info you have. ive noticed that the gates on nanaimo lakes road are always closed, and was wondering if there is another way

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:14:40 +0000

In reply to Ngaire.

The Yeti should be awesome. Are you coming?I have yet to ski at Green. I'm hoping to next winter when I get some backcountry gear though. It looks like a beautiful place to ski. How did you used to get there?