Month: September 2018
It’s great having meetings out of town when you end up close to a new mountain. I packed my boots, shorts and t-shirt and after the meeting drove to Cobble Hill Mountain. This is a gorgeous park with 26km worth of well-marked trails up the mountain, each represented by a different animal icon, rated easy, …
The hike to “The Abyss” is about 15 minutes along Extension Ridge Trail from the trailhead at Harewood Mines Rd, but the trail continues much farther. Climb up the stairs, over exposed bedrock and through a clear-cut area. The Abyss is a large crack in the ground (about 16”) caused by an earthquake. Continue on …
Witchcraft Lake Regional Trail crosses the lake, runs along the lake for short stretch, then up a steep trail up Mt Benson through City land, the Crown woodlot to Mount Benson Regional Park. This trail was developed to provide public access to Mount Benson Regional Park as there is no public road access. If climbing is not …
This is a flat, peaceful 2.3 km loop trail around the marsh. This is a bird sanctuary with a number of viewing platforms off and a tower for birdwatching. There are turtles here too, but I didn’t see any. It felt like fall today and there were crunchy leaves on the path.
Guest Post – By Jim We pulled into the parking lot and there were three groups of rock climbers setting up. The trail started uphill quite quick, passing beautiful rock faces and cliffs. We got to the top relatively quickly and a bit breathlessly. Gorgeous views – unfortunately obscured by smoke. We could still make …