We hiked on the western side of Kenna Cartwright Trail, following the Pipeline Trail over the ridge.    There were stakes and markers laying out the location of the twinning of the pipeline across Dufferin Mountain.   the trail itself is on top of the pipeline.   Trans Mountain will dig up the trench and lay the pipe, covering it up, and reseeding the surface.   We will see only a short period of disruption and we can easily choose other trails in the Park.

Much of the pipeline trail runs through sagebrush slopes with scattered trees,

Many of the mature trees were killed by the pine beetles but a few new ponderosas were growing on the grassland and sagebrush slopes.

From the hill overlooking the Pipeline Trail there are fine views down the valley toward Kamloops Lake.

We have hiked on top of the pipeline at various places north and south and for the most part, it just provides a corridor of access to hikers and mountain bikers with the land quickly recovering.   The fight is at the Coast, not here.   There are big picture issues, for sure, but the small excavations in Kenna will not be a big deal.

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