Molybdenite Peak - 2013 with Overlandjeep.ca and Hauntedbc.ca

[asutherland]

Molybdenite Peak is a 9,000 foot mountain between Hwy 99 and Hwy 12, south of Lillooet and Seaton lake. Paul Brassington from Overlandjeep.ca took myself and a few friends on a guided tour to the top.

We camped overnight at the saddle of the mountain at approx 8,000 feet. We drove right up to the peak at over 8,500 feet across a very sketchy, skinny old trail - often off-camber and lots of "pucker factor", mostly because of the massive unobstructed drop. Everything went well though and we had an amazing time and shot some amazing photos.

All photos I post here are SOC (straight out of camera) with no post processing.

-Andrew


The Reaction ferry at Lytton

Command Central 1

Paul posing

Turn off at Texas Creek FSR

Warning guys: This road has cross bitches! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

"We go that-a-way..."

Love having a sunroof in situations like this!

Alpine meadows below Molybdenite

 

[asutherland]

Kristen and I laughing at the amount of stuff Raym managed to jam into his Jeep

Ray cutting some dead fall for a campfire before we leave the tree line

Getting higher...

The road back

I swear, I am not a pet photographer!

 

[asutherland]

The cairn at the top

On top of the WORLD!

"Only Shadows"

 

[asutherland]

Elevation! ;D

Looking out my driver's window... eep

This one courtesy of Ray. When I look at this photo - just the PHOTO of where we were... my immediate instinct is to pucker. Badly.

The sunset view from our camping spot. Not your average view!

Camping at 8,000 feet (I love this shot)

The next day... on our way to Molybdenite Lake

Glacier fed Molybdenite Lake

The creek coming out of glacier fed Molybdenite Lake

Glacier water

 

[Dangil]

Fantastic photos. That just made my list of places to get to before snow hits. Any chance you could pm me GPS waypoints?

 

[asutherland]

Thanks. Sure, coming at ya!

 

[canucksafari]

Great pics. Thx for sharing.

 

[AJAEbj42]

Great trip! Thanks for posting those!

 

[asutherland]

Fantastic photography --- Thank you!

 

[asutherland]

Fantastic Photographs --- inspirational -
Thank you for sharing!!!

 

[Enigma]

A little self-affirmation there?

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

Great trip pictures Andrew

 

[Qball]

Amazing adventure and pictures! Seriously jealous!

 

[darmaduke]

that's fantastic...........

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Looks like an incredible trip Andrew. Further confirmation BC is the best province in Canada, haha. So why were those roads/trails built up the mountain? Is there a mine up there?

 

[Tmax]

Awesome x10.


so could you also share your hardware info to create such colorful pics?

 

[BC40]

Agreed. My photos from my trip there a couple years ago are nowhere near as nice, SOC. Mind you that seem to be the default settings of my nikon.

Hope all the attention that area has been getting doesn't make it become crowded. When I was there on a sept long weekend the only other person we saw at the lake in three days was a guy on a quad. Some great hiking to be done around there. The ridge/basin side trip we were unlucky enough to meet another truck half way up. Makes for an interesting staredown of who gets to back up on the narrow track

 

[canucksafari]

When I was there on a sept long weekend the only other person we saw at the lake in three days was a guy on a quad. Some great hiking to be done around there. The ridge/basin side trip we were unlucky enough to meet another truck half way up. Makes for an interesting staredown of who gets to back up on the narrow track

I've got a well placed phobia of open slopes (and a fond respect for tree huggers ) after losing brakes and going over while wheeling with a buddy when I was younger. Almost rolled a few years ago backing up on a steep open slope hill climb too. It would not be me backing up there.

 

[asutherland]

Hey guys thanks for the compliments! It was a great trip. I was very pleased to see ZERO garbage and very little signs of anyone being there, even at the lake.

Re: camera, I use a Canon t2i and these pics were taken with either my Canon 28-105 USM lens or Tokina 12-24 F4 wide angle. Default picture settings, most taken at ISO 100 or 200 with aperture priority.

 

[Fantom]

Very nice trip and as always, great pics.