While camping at Miracle Beach we did three hikes in the area, one of which was the Jack Hames Trail. The trailhead is near the mouth of the Oyster River. The first 0.7 km follows the river to the estuary, then the trail continues along the seashore between private land and the gravel beaches. Deciduous and evergreen trees lined the … Continue reading…
While camping at Miracle Beach Park on Vancouver Island, we did three nearby hikes, this one 14 km northwest of Campbell River. Mohun Creek runs for 12 km from Mohun Lake down to the ocean at Menzies Bay. A Forest Service Road runs west toward Strathcona Park. At 4 km the trailhead is on the side of the road by … Continue reading…
While camping at Miracle Beach on Vancouver Island we found three hikes in the area, two of them by the Oyster River only 3 – 4 km away. On a hot and sunny morning I drove onto Hamm Road, then MacAuley road to the Bear Creek Loop Road and trailheads. The area is managed by the Oyster River Enhancement Society … Continue reading…
On a hot summer day we chose to leave the smoky valley and hike in the higher terrain above Lac le Jeune. Starting at the beach by the lake, we hiked to the Stake Lake Trail system, then on a series of single tracks to the top of the ridge on the northeast end of the lake. The Lookout is … Continue reading…
On a hot summer morning I chose to drive up to Lodgepole Lake to do some loops – twice around the lake in a kayak, then once around the lake on the Lodgepole Lake Trail. The trailhead starts at the end of the Recreation Site campground and winds around the lake. The loop route is about 2 km. There is … Continue reading…
When we drive south we follow the Coldwater River into the Coquihalla Summit area which has many steep, rocky peaks, mostly still covered in snow in June. On the east side of the river are more rounded mountains, mostly forested and lower. Mt. Thynne is a higher ridge-shaped mountain that lies between the rugged peaks of the Coquihalla and the … Continue reading…
On a hot summer morning we got an early start to avoid the heat. We parked at the Church and walked down to the Summit Drive entrance into the Peterson Creek Trails. The canyon was dry and all signs of spring were gone as we hiked to the Tom Moore Trail and up to the old reservoir. The water in … Continue reading…
We hike, bike, cross country ski, snowshoe, and paddle in the Stake Lake Trails system. In summer we sometimes paddle around the lake 1-3 times, then we go for a hike on the trails. On this warm summer day, I paddled twice around the lake in calm conditions. Each loop is about 2.25 km. We secured the boat then hiked … Continue reading…
We hiked a combination of trails on the sunny south side in Kenna Cartwright Park and enjoyed the flowering plants, insects, and animals along the way. A new video is now available on YouTube, featuring the Big Pine Nature Hike. Clcik the YouTube link on the menu bar for more KamloopsTrails videos.
Continue reading...One of the premier hikes areas in the Kamloops area is on the Red Plateau – Dewdrop Escarpment. There are several trails that climb from the Dewdrop Range to the top of the escarpment – the Dewdrop Trail, Dead Coyote, Dewdrop Traverse, and Three Amigos (there are articles on all of these trails on the website). There are some informal … Continue reading…
One of our favorite hiking areas is in the Lundbom Grasslands (Commonage). We usually hike a route in June and sometimes return for a different route in the fall. On a fine June morning we drove through Merritt, then up Highway 5A, turning onto the Lundbom FSR. We parked near Lundbom Lake and hiked toward Hamilton Lake. We had hiked … Continue reading…
On an early June weekend morning we hiked the trails near McQueen Lake. The McQueen property is set up as an Environmental Education Center for School District #73, and as such, students are at the Day Center on weekdays, and may be at the Overnight Center during the school week, so staff at the Center ask the public to not … Continue reading…
Every year in June, we hike a different trail in the Wells Gray Park corridor area. We have done them all more than once so we pick ones we haven’t done for a while. I had hiked White Horse Bluff twice before, but not for some years, so we looked forward to our hike this year. On our previous hike … Continue reading…
The hike to the western rim of Opax Mountain is a longer hike (15km return), one we have done many times, but it is a uniquely-Kamloops area hike that we do almost every year. The trail starts in the upper grasslands at Lac du Bois, then goes along the north shore of the lake into Hanging Valley. A grown-over grassy … Continue reading…
There are some old tracks and some new connector sections that can be combined to hike a loop route in the Tranquille Canyon near Watching Creek. We parked at the pullout loop next to the old Watching Creek Rec Site and hiked down through the informal camping area down to the river. The river was at high flow in June … Continue reading…
The trail from the Wells Gray Corridor Road to Bailey’s Chute and beyond to Marcus Falls, Myanth Falls, and back past West Lake is a fine km hike in the forest by the Clearwater River. We hiked the 5.3 km loop route in June when the river was at its fullest. There is a viewing platform at Bailey’s Chute which … Continue reading…
