Burnt Timber Lookout

This trip was with the COC and was coordinated by Barbara. I had never been on any of her trips before or any of the trip partners that registered. We met at the Edworthy Park at 7:30 am and then headed to the Burnt Timber Lookout together; 7 participants total and 2 vehicles. We finally got to the trailhead by 10:30 am and started hiking up a dirt path. It lead to an area in the trees where there was orange flagging tape. We followed this for a couple of km at which point it ended and intersected with the main atv trail. The snow was deep and we had to break trail until about a hundred meters from the ridge. Once on the ridge it was easy going and we made the summit quite easily. It was extremely windy at the top of the lookout (there was no physical structure up at this location. Curious if there ever was one in the past). There was a metal stake with some writing on it and that was about it. We took quite a lot of photos at the summit and was happy that my portable pocket tripod actually stayed stable in the fierce winds. On the way down, we traversed along the steeper part of the hill to avoid going through the deep snow and it saved us about 1.75 km which made the descent much quicker. We were back at the car by 5:30 pm. Was approximately 8.5 km with elevation gain of about 600 m.