Mount Brew

Elevation Gain: 1,979m
Distance: 17.38km
Total Time: 6 hours 23 minutes
Date: September 20th, 2025

Alex and I had a singular fair weather day to work with on the weekend of September 20th and we had a few ideas floating around. We couldn’t commit to a massive outing as Alex had late plans the night before, so we mulled over some easier options. Eventually we landed on Mount Brew. This bulky massif rises high above the town of Lillooet and is the 5th tallest in Southwest BC. Despite that, it’s not a particular exciting mountain. Brew is rather just a large broad peak with scree filled slopes on most sides and a few sections of scrambling. Nonetheless, it promises good views and Alex likes the high prominence peaks so why not!

Driving to Lillooet is a long one as one might expect, but the Enterprise Creek FSR was in nominal shape and we reached the trail head by 10am. The first part of the adventure is a short overgrown section of road and then we had a long pleasant trail into the alpine.

Enterprise FSR
Short section of overgrown road
Someone spent a great deal of time clearing out the deadfall
Some parts of the trail were a bit hard to follow but we managed to keep on track

Above treeline it’s a long and fairly pleasant ramble along the Northeast ridge towards the summit. Below the main summit itself is a section of fun 3rd class scrambling on shattered rock. A few cairns marked a bypass and then the difficulties were over.

Nice views above tree line. This is just a subsidiary summit
Hiking up and over one of the many bumps along the ridge
First views of the summit
A small and probably hard to access lake below Brew
Descending into this notch
Some glacial remnants tucked away on the north side
A better view of that small lake
The scramble up the ridge. Easier than it looks
Bypassing one tricky section just below the top
Alex on the broad summit

From the top we had great views into the Phair Creek and Texas Creek area and could see as far south as the Mehatl group. To the west the clouds obscured the views more, but Whitecap and the Seton area made an appearance. Winds quickly drove us off the summit and back down the ridge where we were sheltered from the cold.

Alex on the summit
Looking towards Phair Creek. I believe that’s Phair Peak at left
Towinock at the ridge end and Skihist way in the back. Seb Gulka and Dean Perez did a phenomenal traverse along this ridge system in 2024
Looking towards Seton Lake

We reversed course and were back at the car by 4PM. A reasonably fun outing with great views! Our drive to hike ratio was heavily skewed but that’s how it is when you seek out good weather.

Returning down the ridge
Nice views of Cairn Peak and Blustry Mountain
Views towards Mount McLean and Ample Mountain
Last stretch of road

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