Tip Top Mountain

Posted by Derek on Mar 26, 2018

Rank: 21
Height: 2103 feet / 641 m
Lat/Lon: N48 16.405 W86 00.228
Line Parent: Blackspruce Lake Peak
Key Col: N48 17.390 W83 57.048 (1115ft / 340m)
Clean Prominence: 988ft / 301m
Date Summited: N/A

Overview:

Tip Top Mountain is located in Pukaskwa National Park in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its summit is 641 m (2,103 ft) above sea level and 457 m (1,500 ft) above Lake Superior. It lies north of the Swallow River, about 10 km inland from Pukaskwa’s Coastal Trail and Lake Superior. Before 1966, Tip Top Mountain was considered the highest point in Ontario.

Tentative Itinerary (Subject to changes):

When: TBD

Day 1

Drive to Hattie Cove (8+ hours)
Camp at Hattie Cove (Pukawska)

Day 2 (10.1 km)

Boat shuttle from the Visitor Center at Hattie Cove with North Shore Adventures to White Gravel River (weather permitting) or White Spruce Harbour (+3.1 km) if landing at White Gravel River is not feasible (2 hours)
Bushwhack 10.1 km from mouth of White Gravel River along White Gravel River tributary to Camp B (Depending on difficulty of wading up river)
Set up basecamp at Camp B

Day 3 (8.8 km)