The Next Hike

The next hike will be on Saturday, 12th March.

We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.

Last week we again felt we needed to avoid the higher ground on the island as the weather had not warmed up all that much, certainly not enough to melt the good amount of snow that has fallen on high ground in the last few weeks. We paid a quick visit to Stromberg Falls to see if any water was coming and were pleased to see enough to make for some good photos especially as rays of sunshine were making the watre sparkle as it tumbled down the rock face. After that we hiked up towards Thompson Road and shortly before it was time to stop for lunch we ran into a stretch of road with plenty of snow. For lunch we sat in warm sun in the middle of the Vancouver Island Hydro line right of way and enjoyed the view out over the water to the snow covered mountains.

JD.

Stromberg Falls in early March before the ferns and columbines leaf out on the cliff face.