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Crawford Peak lies in the northwest corner of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. It's easiest to reach it from Watersprite Lake Recreation Area. There are two access routes from Watersprite Lake. The northwest glacier on Crawford Creek can be skied and egress is from Skookum Creek East Fork and out over Skullhead Pass to the Watersprite Lake trail. The east fork is not recommended for travel once the snow is gone.
Winter
The Crawford peaks—Crawford W2 (Dreadnought) on left, Crawford Peak on right. From Gibson Peak.
The entrance to the headwaters of Crawford Creek. Watersprite Lake is behind the ridge. The bowl on the left or the gully on the right provide access for backcountry skiers. The gully is a dangerous avalanche chute. The bowl is somewhat safer.
Paul Schrimpf in the gully one spring day.
Climbing towards Crawford Peak.
Descent of Crawford NW glacier.
Glacial outwash plain in the east fork of Skookum Creek. Dreadnought Peak ahead of the skier. Egress down the creek is blocked by an impassable swamp. A convenient slope can be climbed to the so-called Skullhead Pass above the swamp to rejoin the Watersprite Lake trail.
Summer
Crawford Peak. Looking across the east fork of Skookum Creek at its northwest glacier—an outstanding ski descent.
The meadows south of Crawford Peak.
Looking back west towards the divide with Watersprite Lake. The access route in summer follows the heather benches in the forested area left of the rock buttress on the far right.
One of the smaller lakes south of Crawford Peak.
The so-called Cotard Peak southeast of Crawford Peak.