The snow had begun to melt in Victoria so i decided to take a jaunt out to this provincial park i had heard such great things about. It took two buses and a certain amount of having my wits about me to get there from downtown Victoria but i felt a certain amount of achievement for having just made it there. I got off the bus at a tiny convenience store in an unknown area of the town (?) and walked through surprisingly deep snow to the park entrance were signs showed the campsites to still be closed. Which made sense, as the road leading to there was closed to vehicles. I looked at the little trail map and decided on one to take. It turned out to be a fools errand without snowshoes on and parts of the trail had clearly not been walked since the snowfall. I couldn’t believe how little it had melted out here. I stomped along in the sunny snow for a while and came to a bridge crossing the stream in the valley. I stood there a while and had a snack before confirming that i couldn’t work out how the trail went the other side of it and turned back. Following my trail back was much easier as i could step in my own foot prints, but when i got back to the start i wasn’t quite ready to call it a day, i’d probably walked less than 2km! Luckily i spotted another trail heading to a lovely waterfall. The trail was much less snowy (more people had clearly taken it) and led to some steep slippery steps to the falls. It was a great little finish to the morning. When i got back into town (eventually) i was ready for some more, easy street walking and after a hot chai latte walked around fishermans wharf, along to Beacon Hill area again along the seafront and back to the hostel via Cook Street Village. After that i REALLY felt like i’d had a proper day out. Sadly my pictures for some hikes seem to have got corrupted so i can’t add them here.
Number 9- About 6/7km
1Year/52Hikes 2019 