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Garden of the Trolls

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There are a few places that warrant an off-trail route to a unique spot.   The Garden of the Trolls is a small area on a bench between the Dewdrop Range and Red Plateau.   The rock features of the area can't been seen until you are right there, amongst the  25-30 standing rocks.   Each one ranges from 8' to 20' high in a grassy, treed hillside amongst Douglas fir and juniper.   The giant boulders are volcanic in origin, all pockmarked with holes and cracks.  

To visit the Garden, drive up the Red Lake Road past the Dewdrop Road turn-off and then before the dramatic rise of the Red Plateau Bluffs, park at the side of the road, There is a good pull-out at N50 44.793 W120 32.073. An old double track leads west all the way to the Garden, but it is now overgrown and covered with deadfall so any route across the gentle hillside will work out.

The journey across the slope to the Garden is only about 1.3 km each way. Above are the dramatic cliffs of the east end of the Dewdrop Range.   Bring you camera and a sense of wonder to this little-visited area.

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I started exploring this area in 1976 and I continue to follow tracks and routes wherever they lead, with the aid of map, compass, GPSr and camera. After many dead-ends, but also many discoveries, I chose to share this information. Getting out 12 months each year, I continue to explore trails, tracks, routes, and waterways of the Kamloops area and beyond.

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Garden of the Trolls — 2 Comments

  1. I  was in this area a few days ago, chasing geocaches.  Should have known Doug would have been there before me.  Man, that guy is everywhere!  Hadn't realized the place had a name.  I simply found it intriguing and a shade eerie into the bargain.  I suppose that is because if you let your imagination slip its tether a bit, you can almost see faces in some of those pocked boulders; gives the place a kind of Easter Island undertone.

  2. I thought I saw a puddy cat , but it was only a cougar . Since then , spotted more tracks and it is hunting season , they are out there . PS the Cat was treed and shot , for the meat !

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