I recommend going out via Battleship, Croteau and Kwai Lakes and returning on the somewhat shorter route via Hairtrigger and Helen Mackenzie Lakes. Reference to this map illustrates the possible choices. The approach to Frink can be made as part of a circular route enabling infrequent visitors to see as much of the park as possible. If you get back from your trip before 5.30 pm, the Raven Lodge has a lovely view over to the mountains and is a great place for the beer you so rightfully deserve! Approach/RouteComplete the formalities (see below) and head out across the boardwalk onto Paradise Meadows. Parks have established a new trailhead and information booth right beside the lodge. Pass the bottom of the ski lifts after 1.5km and drive a further 0.5km to the end of the paved road at the cross-country facility Raven Lodge. Drive up 20km and just before reaching the resort make a left turn onto Henry Road, following Parks signs for Paradise Meadows. Near Courtenay take the Strathcona Parkway exit west to Mount Washington Alpine Resort (the reason for the paved road to 1000m). Approach from north or south in the Inland Highway 19.
Access in this case is all on paved roads and, therefore, fine with a normal sedan. Public transport on the Island is relatively poor and anyone arriving by air would be advised to rent a car. Mt Frink from Castlecrag Getting ThereVancouver Island can be reached by air from Vancouver to Victoria, Nanaimo or Campbell River and by ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria on The Coho and on BC Ferries from Vancouver to Victoria or Nanaimo. Like most mountains in the immediate area, Mt Frink can be climbed in winter and spring on snowshoes or skis. The round trip distance is approximately 35km with a total ~1,200m elevation gain. However, it can also be tackled in a long day (13-14 hours) from cars without the need to camp. The trip is usually undertaken from a camp at Circlet or Kwai Lakes. In spite of being ~150m lower than Albert Edward, the summit aspect allows one to peek over the huge SW ridge of the latter to a stunning panorama of the highest peaks in Strathcona Park to the NW: The Golden Hinde, Behinde, Rambler Peak, Mt Colonel Foster, Elkhorn and Kings Peak amongst them. Mt Frink is also the gateway to a long (3-4 day) alpine traverse south to the Comox Glacier.
Most people visit the summit as part of a superb high level horseshoe hike from Forbidden Plateau, along the height of land around Moat Lake, taking in Castlecrag Mountain and the NE/SE ridge of Mt Albert Edward as well as Frink and, if time and energy permits, a side trip to summit Albert Edward en route. It is rarely climbed as an objective in its own right.
Mount Frink is a satellite of Mount Albert Edward and lies in the eastern sector of Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
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