The annual Strathcona Park Bird Search has concluded for another year, with several teams counting at several locations – Buttle Lake on Friday & Saturday, Paradise Meadows on Saturday, and Wood Mountain area today. At Paradise Meadows, the team circled Read more…
Tim Penney has sent one more spectacular photo from the CDMC hike to Landslide Lake on July 9. In this photo even the highest point of Mt. Colonel Foster is free of cloud. By the way, peaks with the word Read more…
Photographer Tim Penney led a Comox District Mountaineering Club hike on Sunday, up the Elk River Trail to Landslide Lake. Tim sent a few pictures: the first two below are each a panorama of five photos. Tim says “The trail Read more…
Another great fall colours hike with the Comox District Mountaineering Club today – to Rossiter & Divers Lakes. These lakes, added to Strathcona Park in 2003, are accessed via logging roads, adding some time onto the hike if starting on Read more…
The Comox District Mountaineering Club had a hike to Mt. Drabble on Forbidden Plateau today – taking an alternative access via logging roads from the north, rather than hiking in from the old Forbidden Plateau ski hill trailhead to the Read more…
Jack Shark’s Augerpoint Trail climbs from 240 m elevation on the east side of Buttle Lake to subalpine tarns at 1410 m on the Augerpoint ridge. Although only about 4.5 km to the tarns, the trail is steep from the Read more…
Just before the long weekend we had an opportunity to visit the the Bedwell Valley area at the south end of Buttle Lake, in the heart of Strathcona Park. The hike to Bedwell Lake is a rugged trail including everything Read more…
Although the weather was mixed it seemed like a good time to have a look at the Cruickshank Canyon. This is a 20-21 km round trip hike, and you should allow at least 7-1/2 – 8 hours, even more for Read more…
A quick report of the Augerpoint Traverse from last week – five days, four nights, westward from Paradise Meadows to Buttle Lake. The route goes over Mt. Albert Edward & down the south-west ridge & then back up to Ruth Masters Lake, then Read more…
One of the most common questions at the Wilderness Centre was about the origin of the name ‘Forbidden Plateau’. There is a colourful story to the source of the name! Ruth Masters summarizes it all in her introduction to “History of Forbidden Read more…