Steven's Peak-bagging Journey

October 4, 2026

375m

Powell River, BC

This is one of the taller hills in the immediate vicinity of Powell River that boasts over 200 m prominence. “Scout Mountain” is the unofficial name given by Eagle Walz in The Sunshine Coast Trail but Powell Hill is the actual official name as shown on BC Basemap. However, for some reasons that almost everyone refers it as “Scout Mtn.”, so I’ll go with it even though generally speaking I don’t like unofficial names. In this case, I think the name Powell Hill has become obsolete. In any case the trails go all the way to the top and the summit offers some nice views especially towards south. For that reason this isn’t strictly a “dumpster dive” and should be reserved for a good weather day.

I wasn’t initially planning on adding “Scout Mtn.” into the itinerary but I ended up fishing Beartooth Mtn. much earlier than expected. Tyler, Jason and I got back to Powell River literally before dinner time, so while boating down Powell Lake I started to formulate a plan that perhaps I should aim to tag another peak. This area requires 2 ferries to get to so I should maximize the use of daytime since I was already in the vicinity. I casually texted Amanda on Instagram and asked if she’d be keen on a sunset hike and the reply was positive. Amanda even invited Nora and Ali to join and the plan was meet up at 5:45 pm at one of the trail-heads closer to her home. This was a bit of a rush for me but doable.