Comments on: Carson Creek Peak

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:22:51 +0000

The interesting thing about the approach from the south to the Aldina tower is that there are still remnants of a logging road (and ATV trail) that lead to the top from the south. A 4-wheel drive vehicle can make the trip. Not sure that a 4WD vehicle can complete the other route from the north of the Boreal Road. But what makes this route particularly interesting is that I believe this road might just be the highest elevated road in the province, as no other higher “high point” in the province has road access leading to the top!

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:56:38 +0000

Thanks for the directions Jane. This is a much more straight-forward route and as I learned first hand, Boreal Road is in much better condition than the roads leading to the peak from the south.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:31:38 +0000

A much easier way of reaching the Aldina Tower on Carson Peak, is certainly via the Boreal rd.
The directions would be take Hwy 590 to the Boreal Rd. Drive this for 21.3 Kms to where an old bush road is on the left side. Take this for .6 km and park. You can either walk or ATV from here. It is 4.7 kms to the tower on a well defined road/path (although growing in). If ATVing, make sure to watch for an almost invisible washout in the road (within the first km). At approx 2.2 km keep to the right fork.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:00:42 +0000

Sandra: The route I describe in my trip report approaches the mountain from the south and starts on the turnoff onto North Sideroad from Highway 588 just past Silver Mountain (See Map). In the comments, John mentions that that there may be a simpler route from the north via Boreal Road, but as I didn’t take this route, I can’t comment on it. However, I did see the Aldina Fire Tower from the Boreal Road a few days later on my way out to Head Lake Peak East.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:13:20 +0000

I’m not quite sure,traveling up the Boreal Rd.,there is a road on the right hand side. I believe thisroad is called Aldina Rd. I haven’t seen any tower near Upsala, so, I’m a little confused.

We have lots of radio towers and lookouts for the M.N.R and I’ve spotted most of those. There is a stop sign on the left going up the Boreal Rd., so where does that road go to? Does it go down to the other highway in Nolalu?

To get to the Boreal Rd. you turn left at Kakabeka Falls, past O’Conner Township, you can see the Boreal Rd. sign and then you turn right. Some how or other you’ve lost me by the directions you’ve given.I’d like to know more about this Aldina Lake and where that is and if it’s in the same area.We are looking for places in the area to put our trailer. All of it is crown land and resorts charge way to much for us and it’s the gas. Thanks

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:11:33 +0000

I had a great time checking out the Aldina Fire tower after I’d seen it on your site. Was able to park at the start of the quad trail which shortened the hike. http://superiorhiking.com/?p=1148 Totally got lost on the drive out!

By: Aldina Fire Tower

Aldina Fire Tower — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:09:13 +0000

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By: John

John — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:19:36 +0000

I made an error in the UTM coordinates. It should be Zone 15 not Zone 16. Whatever you did with the conversion comes out reasonably correct. I get 48.378971 Lat/ -90.021771 Long. These were taken directly off of Google Earth. The UTM should be 720521E/5362715N in UTM Zone 15U Nad83.

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:09:34 +0000

The trail used to be an excellent ruffed grouse trail and I used to walk it often during the hunting season. Several years back, perhaps 7 or 8, we had a terrific storm rip thru here resulting in severe blow down of trees. Have not been up there since, although I did approach it from the south once when I went into Aldina Lake. The first part of the road has now been logged (salvage logging) but I am not too certain about the upper reaches of the trail. I always nearly died on my first trip of the year because of the grade, but got better as I made multiple climbs. Unless someone has reinstalled the first section of ladder, access to the top was restricted.

Note that Tower MOuntain north of Tower Lake in Jean Twp can also be accessed from the north via the Boreal/Marks/Raven roads.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:37:09 +0000

Thanks for the information John. I converted that UTM to lat/lon: N48.378883, W90.02153. (Hope that’s correct). When I was planning my trip up to Carson Creek Peak the only information available to me was Google satellite maps, outdated topographical maps and a few local reports. The road you speak does appear on the Ontario Base Maps, but I have found that OBM has varying degrees of accuracy (with respect to road placement). Unfortunately the satellite imagery for the area around that turnoff from Boreal Road is too low resolution to show a road or trail.