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
Castlecrag & Mt. Frink approaching Hairtrigger Lake Trying to take advantage of every moment of autumn colour & sunshine, it was time for a hike to Kwai Lake & Hairtrigger Lake! Both offer great views of some of the key peaks of Read more
The Comox District Mountaineering Club had a hike to Lake Beautiful today – here is a link to their trip report. Since the weather was a bit rainy/foggy/misty, there were not too many visitors at Paradise Meadows – so instead Read more
Just spent a couple of days doing the 27 km Forbidden Plateau traverse, from Wood Mountain (the former site of the Forbidden Plateau ski lodge) to Paradise Meadows. Travelling at a naturalist’s pace, we hiked to Douglas & McKenzie Lakes Read more
Mt. Albert Edward from Croteau Lake Today I took 5 hikers on a nice walk out to Croteau Lake. There are still small patches of snow past Lady Lake. We hiked in past Battleship Lake and on the way out Read more