Mount Elsay in Seymour Provincial Park
The trailhead for Mount Seymour (which leads to the Mount Elsay trail) is easy to find once you have reached the main parking lot to Mount Seymour Resort. To get to the main parking lot simply drive until you come to the end of the road and the end of the final parking lot (you will see ski lifts). Looking towards the end of this long parking lot you will see a large, round wooden map board (indicated on the map below by the red marker). Walk along the trees (directly up on the map below). From here on there are frequent tree markers and signs directing you to Mount Seymour. Follow this route until you get to the col between Second Peak and Third Peak where the Elsay Trail starts. The Mount Elsay trail that branches off of the Mount Seymour trail is, at times hard to follow as it descends west of Mount Seymour into the depression between Second Peak and Third Peak. There is a sign "Danger - Steep Terrain". At this sign look left to find flagging tape marking the trail to take to Mount Elsay. This trail will lead along the edge of Mount Seymour and a metal, "Mt Elsay Trail" sign. The trail then gradually ascends toward the summit of Elsay. At the ridge between the two mountains, Seymour and Elsay the trail forks. Following the rock cairns to the right into the rock field will lead to the Elsay Lake trail which allows for a different route on your way back. To reach Mount Elsay, instead head steeply up, bearing left toward the summit. Directions to the Mount Elsay
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