Coal Hill Hike
On a sunny and windy day in May I drove to the upper side of Aberdeen, then hiked a series of tracks, winding to the top of Coal Hill. I looped back, traversing three sides of Coal Hill back to … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: hiking
Skyline Park Hike
On a mid-May day it had rained in the morning so I waited for the afternoon to do a shorter local hike. Although I had hiked Skyline Park once, I had not linked up the trails for a a … Continue reading →
Juniper Ridge Park (Scott Road)
Hikers and mountain bikers have been using Scott Road as a route for decades. It goes right around Rose Hill, but the entire circle route would cross private property, so we use one section of the track. Hikers … Continue reading →
Hiking Kentucky and Alleyne Lakes
We have paddled Kentucky and Alleyne Lakes and we have hiked the loop trails around the lakes. On our last hike on the trails at the end of summer, we hiked south around Kentucky Lake, then through the campground, … Continue reading →
Above the Eagle’s Eyrie
We knew where an eagle’s nest was in the Dewdrop Range so we ventured out across the sagebrush grasslands hills to a point on top of a hill to look down into the eyrie. We hiked along the Dewdrop … Continue reading →
Middle Grasslands Ramble
At the end of April we drove up the Lac du Bois Road to a trailhead into the middle grasslands. The lower grasslands areas are open sagebrush areas, but as we climb higher into the hills, the sagebrush is … Continue reading →
Otter Marshes at Big Bar Lake
We have camped at Big Bar Lake Provincial Park a few times, using it as a basecamp for hiking the Marble Range, for paddling the lakes of the area, and for exploring the area. There is a fine campground … Continue reading →
Barren Hills Hike
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 … Continue reading →
Deep Lake Hike
In March I hiked from Ida Road onto the Deep Lake Trails, following signed routes in a clockwise loop. The trails were dry and all was quiet. I spotted some wildflowers (sagebrush buttercups) and there were some grasslands … Continue reading →
Battle Bluff Hike
I recently hiked the Battle Bluff Trail from the Frederick Road in the Dewdrop Range. This was a 4.5 km hike taking about 1.75 hours. It was very windy on the way up the bluff and too windy … Continue reading →