here's what wikipedia's got to say about the chief:
the stawamus chief (often referred to as simply the chief) is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of squamish, bc. it towers over 700 m (2,297 ft) above the waters of nearby howe sound. it is often claimed to be the "second largest granite monolith in the world. " the skwxwu7mesh, indigenous people from this area, consider the chief to be a place of spiritual significance. the mountain gets its name from their village near its foot, st'a7mes (stawamus).
it was a wonderful hike, but since i don't really have much time to fully describe it right now, i am just going to share some pictures. they're always worth a 1000 words more anyways. just don't get too scared of the cliffs (as i did).
