{"id":113,"date":"2025-04-03T20:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:38:52","slug":"5040-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/5040-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5040"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We decided to go to a beautiful place past Sproat lake in the Clayoquot area (Port Alberni) called 5040 and Triple peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5040 Peak is on Vancouver Island and is a premier sunset destination offering 360-degree top-of-the-world views of nearby Triple Peak and Cobalt Lake, often accessible with a challenging 6.9 km hike (in and out). It is a top spot for combining an intense hike with a scenic, high-altitude, overnight camping trip and is accessible via a 4&#215;4-only forest service road (Marion Creek FSR).<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d3683.7483692992437!2d-125.35963971985507!3d49.242215533642614!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1778619435914!5m2!1sen!2sca\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our hike began one early morning in June; we left Victoria at 4 am headed north to the Pacific Rim highway past Sproat lake and arrived at the gravel road by 7:30. Having the 4&#215;4 truck we were able to get to the 9.6km marker at the trailhead. The forest service road was pretty well maintained but it does have some large potholes in it. A car can make it about 5 km into the road before they got worse as we proceeded along. As we began driving up a steeper part of this road is where cars would have a tough time if can pass at all, we passed several cars that couldn&#8217;t make it and were parka long the side of the road, making it narrow to pass. Having to stop here would easily add 4-5KM to your hike, but not for us we carried along in the truck! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we were driving past the small bridge, we found a couple heading our way so we offered them a ride in the back of the truck. Arriving at the trailhead is wonderful since the climb to the hut is a grind, adding extra walking is just silly. There is a small lot to park, and this day being so warm we actually got the last spot in the parking area. It was already 25 degrees and going to be a hot one. We left two small bottles of prosecco in a cooler in our truck for our return celebration&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrying along the path you will begin the summit, there is a mix of shale rock, meadow full of flowers and snow and ice as you climb. The trail gets narrow near the summit, and its breathtaking views are easily to distract you, but make sure you&#8217;re carefully navigating the trails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007-1536x875.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2022_0824_121925_007.jpg 1785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you approach the summit you will see a small monument, below it is a notepad and a small box full of trinkets. Feel free to write your inspiring story in there for others to enjoy, place a small item there just as other have, or just sit and enjoy your accomplishment in silence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The climb was yours, so you can take whatever time you need to soak it all in. I highly recommend doing this summit either for sunrise, or sunset, those experiences are what this hike is all about. The trip down is pretty exhilarating as well, steep and reversed but not easy by any means. We enjoyed our small bottles of prosecco when we finally made it back and began the drive back, stopping for a swim at Sproat lake campsite on the way home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We decided to go to a beautiful place past Sproat lake in the Clayoquot area (Port Alberni) called 5040 and Triple peak. 5040 Peak is on Vancouver Island and is a premier sunset destination offering 360-degree top-of-the-world views of nearby Triple Peak and Cobalt Lake, often accessible with a challenging 6.9 km hike (in and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":true,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joycoweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}