Mild and dry conditions provided for better hiking access in the lower Batchelor Hills in late January. From the quarry road parking area (one kilometer past the cattleguard, on the left side), the trail heads west, winding around a rounded hill and into a wide basin between Beacon Hill and Batchelor Hill. There was some mud, but in most cases I could just go around the … Continue reading →
Near the end of November the snows had not yet fallen and the trails were still relatively dry and with some business on the North Shore later in the day, I chose to hike trails in the Batchelor Hills. From the main trailhead, I parked then picked a loop route – up the Tower Classic Trail into the pass between the hills, then along and … Continue reading →
We hiked on the trails on the north end of the Batchelor Hills in Lac du Bois Protected Area on a greyish morning at the end of March. In recent years, the biking community has secured a trail development and management agreement for the Batchelor Hills Trails and they have renamed the trails. We hiked the Bighorn Loop (with a section through Batchelor Pass), a … Continue reading →
The south-facing lower slopes of the valley’s hills are ice and mud-free, but if we go in behind these hills, there will be some mud. With this in mind, I hiked up the Tower Classic Trail, turned onto the Naked Pistol Trail, then used the Tower Hill Road to the top. This was a good climb, but all the trails in the grasslands were … Continue reading →
