Six Mile Hills Nature Hike
On a drizzly spring day I drove up the bumpy road into the Six Mile Hills. I first paddled around Pat Lake (twice), then secured the boat. I hiked up to the top of Six Mile Hill on route with … Continue reading →
On a drizzly spring day I drove up the bumpy road into the Six Mile Hills. I first paddled around Pat Lake (twice), then secured the boat. I hiked up to the top of Six Mile Hill on route with … Continue reading →
In late May, I drove out to Neskonlith Lake to paddle the lake, then go for a nature hike. Conditions were good for a paddle up the west arm of the lake. Afterwards I went for a nature walk along … Continue reading →
On the May long weekend I drove to an area south of Ashcroft. First I paddled Venables Lake, then I drove to an area (Red Hill) where I can reliably find bitterroots in bloom at this time of the year. … Continue reading →
On a greyish, drizzly day I went for a hike along the rim of both sides of Peterson Creek Park, dropping down to the creek twice for an up-and-down loop route. Wildflowers and flowering shrubs were abundant. It was a … Continue reading →
We hiked up a steep trail from the Dewdrop Range to the rim of the Red Plateau Escarpment, a 9.2 km return strenuous hike (2400 feet elevation gain). The trail follows a gully, then an open rocky ridge to the … Continue reading →
Denman Island is covered in mosses. We hiked a number of trails on the island and all of the forested areas have a rich variety of mosses. Some of the species were new to us and some we have identified … Continue reading →
We travelled to Clearwater, then north to Wells Gray Provincial Park. We parked at the trailhead to Moul Falls, and then hiked for 3 hours, first down to Moul Falls, then over and down to McDiarmid Falls. Most of the … Continue reading →
On an early May day I hiked up to the top of Mara Mountain from Pruden Pass, the northeast route. there are no trails for half of the hike, but it is a route I have been doing every year … Continue reading →
In early May we drove to Lytton, then took the reaction ferry to the western side of the Fraser River, then drove up to the trailhead for Stein River Nlaka’pamux Heritage (Provincial) Park. We hiked upriver and back for 4 … Continue reading →
After paddling on Shuswap Lake, I drove up the Bear Creek road to the Niskonlith hills area for a quick check on wildflowers in bloom. The main avalanche lily bloom was diminishing, but there were wide swaths of balsamroot in … Continue reading →
On a spring day I drove out to the north shore of Shuswap Lake and parked at the Scotch Creek Park boat launch. I paddled across to Copper Island and landed on the east side of the island. I secured … Continue reading →
On a mid-April day we hiked a 9.6 km route on the Barnes Lake Trails in Barnhartvale. The routes are horse-and-hiker trails through grasslands slopes, ponderosa pine open forests, and douglas fir forests on glaciated terrain. Although we were … Continue reading →