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Hikes

Birds

Kwai & Hairtrigger Lakes

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 this area of Strathcona Park: Mt. Albert Edward, Mt. Regan, Read more

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By Alan Pattinson, 16 yearsOctober 5, 2010 ago
Animals

Lake Beautiful Hike

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 of opening the Centre, I joined the hike! Black-tailed buck Read more

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By Alan Pattinson, 16 yearsSeptember 19, 2010 ago
Animals

Plateau Traverse

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 to camp one night, then the next day past Johnston Read more

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By Alan Pattinson, 16 yearsAugust 19, 2010 ago
Hikes

Croteau Lake Hike

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 we hiked out past Lake Helen Mackenzie.

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By Alan Pattinson, 16 yearsJuly 25, 2010 ago

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