Hicks Lake is a pleasant, easy hike in Sasquatch Provincial Park. If you are staying in one of the nearby Campgrounds, then this is a good place to stretch your legs or go for a swim. The trail is easy to follow, doesn’t have much elevation gain and has oodles of tasty berries if you visit in the summertime. The only downside to this mini adventure is the mosquitoes. Hicks Lake trail map Hicks Lake – The basics Distance: 6.6…
The Ladner Creek Trestle is a teeny section of the historic Kettle Valley Railway. I normally love visiting cool rusty architecture in beautiful mountainous scenery, so visiting this old railway bridge sounded fabulous. The trail to reach the trestle is right next to the Coquihalla Highway, so it can work well as a stop off on the way (or way back) from other hikes near Hope. We dropped by to take a peek when we were driving back from our…
Aaaah Whistler; The home of some incredible hiking! I am very excited to share my recent trip along the incredible Musical Bumps trail to Russet Lake. This hike is one of those rare chances to skip the slog up the mountain and spend 100% of your hike up in the incredible alpine area of Whistler and Garibaldi Provincial Park. I have written about the beautiful High Note trail that starts at Whistler Peak. This time (in order to see some…
The hike up to Mason’s ridge is part of the historical HBC (1849) Heritage Trail. You can reach it from either direction, but we started from Sowaqua Creek and went via Covile Camp. This part of the HBC trail is very steep and still had quite a lot of snow at the end of June. We could see why the fur traders waited for the snow to melt before they traversed these mountains – it was a tough hike even…