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JUMBO
PASS CABIN
This
B.C. Forest Service recreation site was newly constructed in September 1997 by
the Columbia Valley Hut Society, with Forest Renewal BC funding. The 8+ capacity
cabin replaced a 30-year-old hut, which had deteriorated and become unsafe.
The facility sits on the ridge, along the Purcell divide, about .5 km
north of the actual pass.
Quality hiking, scrambling (Bastille Mountain.) and ski touring is
available, but not too extensively, in this small alpine locale.
Superb views, are extensive and include Karnak and Jumbo Mountains (NNE)
and Cauldron/Horseshoe glaciers (SW).
The outhouse even sports a picture window!
A nearby tarn, immediately east, is the drinking water source.
Summer Access: Trailhead
parking (roadside) is about 53 kilometres west of Invermere.
From that village, drive the Toby Creek road for 18 kms past Panorama
Mountain Resort, then turn north onto the Jumbo Creek road.
Park at the 15.8 km mark. A
section of the Jumbo road between km 7 and km 14 becomes muddy during wet
conditions and is not suitable for car travel.
At any other time the trailhead is accessible by car. From
the West Kootenay, the Glacier Creek Forest Service Road is suitable for 2WD
traffic and trailhead parking is at km 27. The
actual Jumbo
Pass Forest Service Recreation Trail is actively managed but primitive.
It has one steep and one rocky section, and becomes an easy-to-follow,
blazed route in the larch meadows. Hiking time is 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Winter Access: Most
skiers snowmobile from the parking lot, at the end of the
Toby Creek road, to the trailhead.
That road is ploughed and is accessible by car.
It is a full day (and 21.5 kms) to ski the unploughed Jumbo Creek road,
then trail, and reach the cabin.
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