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British Columbia trails · Train Loop Route (Scramble)

Train Loop Route (Scramble)

A 4.3-mile out-and-back in British Columbia, with 2,642 ft of climbing. Reaches Faceless Mountain and other glacier/summit destinations.

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Length
4.3 mi
Elevation gain
2,642 ft
Difficulty
Expert
Max grade
60%
Steepest mile
+2,060 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
2.7 mi
Shape
out-and-back

Elevation profile

5,434 – 8,076 ft1234

The climbing leans toward the first third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 1.4. It gives back about 1,489 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Train Loop Route (Scramble)

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Getting there

Semaphore Lakes Area — parking nearby. 50.59139, -123.04825 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:33 a.m. and sets at 6:22 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:55 p.m. (PDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 8.6-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:22 p.m. — 5 h 00 min before sunset.

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