Hike – Nugedzi Lakes & Viewpoint – 9 July 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Nugedzi Lakes and Viewpoint
Date	9 July, Thursday
Trip Coordinator	Les Hand
Contact Info	lhquadra@gmail.com 285-2029
Description	We will park on Granite Bay Road and hike the Mount Seymour Trail to Nugetzi Lake. Then we will travel on out to the Nugetzi viewpoint and back to the lake for lunch. Bring gear if you would like to take a swim, although it might still be cool. After we will travel back to the vehicles. About 7 to 8 km and four hours..
Meeting Place	Quadra Community Centre
Departure Time	9:00
Difficulty	Moderate
Costs	None
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	OK, but must be under control and not run back-and-forth through the group
Notes:	We are leaving earlier because of the heat that might be happening at that point. Bring lots of water and hiking poles if you use them.

Trip Report – Mt. Lolo – 10 June 2026

Posted on June 12, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

We had a lovely spring day for this rarely visited peak. We shortened the hike a bit by parking in the clear-cut and making our way quickly to the Maud Island trail. This trail is in very good condition. After the small creek we turned off onto an even older logging road, which has also had some trail work done on it. However, we soon turned uphill through the open forest and followed a gradual ascent to views over Discovery Passage. We followed the ridge south to the end, where we had lunch on the mossy rocks with views to the south. We ignored the good historical tracks we had for the descent, and chose a route descending through the cliffy bluffs which required some careful route finding and negotiating deadfall and steep rocks. We came out to the Maud Lake trail a bit south of our starting point and returned to the vehicles. We really enjoyed revisiting this area. (About 5.3km, 4 hours, 270m elevation gain)

Norris

Thanks to Norris and Les for the photos.

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Hiking – Mt. Lolo – 10 June 2026

Hiking – Newton Lake – Small Inlet-Waiatt Bay – 22 July 2026

Posted on June 8, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hike and swim
Destination	Newton Lake with Small Inlet and/or Waiatt Bay
Date	22 July 2026, Wednesday
Trip Coordinator	Vic Gladish
Contact Info	vicgladish@gmail.com; 250-285-2111 or 250-287-0459 (text)
Description	We will hike up to Newton Lake, down to Small Inlet, take the portage trail to Waiatt Bay and then back to the Newton Lake. Distance about 15 kilometres – will take approximately 4-5 hours (including lunch and short swim stops at Newton Lake. If there is consensus to do so, we will break into two groups at the trail junction, one going on to Waiatt Bay, and the other returning to the lake. We will then rendezvous at Newton Lake.
Meeting Place	Quadra Community Centre parking lot
Departure Time	9:00
Difficulty	A rocky, rutty initial kilometer, and a steep section at Small Inlet, plus overall distance makes this a moderate – not easy – hike.
Costs	Share fuel costs
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	Limit 2 and on leash.
Notes:	Bring plenty of water, lunch and snacks, and swimming stuff if you want to swim. The trip is best on a good summer’s day so will be postponed if the forecast is for rain.

Trip Report – Canyon View and Elk Falls – 3 June 2026

Posted on June 7, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

A good turnout of eight hikers and two dogs took advantage of the slightly cooler and overcast day to hike the Canyon View and Elk Falls Trail. For the previous two days we have had temperatures in the mid to high twenties, so the milder weather was a blessing for the 11 km hike. We caught the 9:00 am ferry from Quadra Island and returned on the 2:30 pm boat.
We parked on the North side of the Duncan Bay Main bridge (over the Campbell River) where we started our hike. The well maintained trail follows the river to the old power station outfall, where the grade changes to a steep uphill climb with lots of stairs. Once at the top, the trail levels off until you reach the entrance to the falls where now you go down stairs to a viewing platform and the suspension bridge. We viewed the falls from the bridge and hiked back up to the old parking lot for a different view of the falls. At the parking lot there are pit toilets and picnic tables.
On the way back we took a side trail downriver from the falls to a mossy bluff overlooking the river. From here we had a view of the suspension bridge and the falls. After a lunch break we continued back on the trail to the old outfall where we crossed over to the highway side of the river. Here there is a path following the river back to the bridge where we parked our vehicles. Total distance 11 km in 4 hours.

Allan

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Hiking – Canyon View and Elk Falls – 3 June 2026

Hiking – Noel’s Knoll to Little Morte Lake – 24 June 2026

Posted on June 6, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Noel’s Knoll to Little Morte Lake
Date	24 June 2026, Wednesday
Trip Coordinator	Debbie Quigg
Contact Info	dmquigg@gmail.com or 3710
Description	REVISED: We will start at the Nugedzi parking lot and hike up the old logging road toward Beech’s Mtn. The Trail Committee has recently brushed and improved this route. We will visit Noel’s Knoll for great views and then return to the saddle between Beech’s and Noel’s Knoll. From there we will follow a new and impressive trail which descends through some bluffs with views and then continues more steeply down to the Morte Lake trail. As this is hiked in a straight line, we will need a car shuffle ending at the Morte Lake parking lot. Roughly 7.5km, 4 hours, 300m ascent and more than 400m descent.
Meeting Place	Community Centre parking lot
Departure Time	9:00, as an early-ish start for the heat.
Difficulty	Challenging. This trip will work your legs.
Costs	No
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	No
Notes:	Bring poles if you use them. We will not do this if the weather is poor and may start earlier if it is hot.

Trip Report – Mine & Main Lakes – 21 May 2026

Posted on May 24, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

Seven paddlers met at Mine Lake boat launch for a paddle and a small hike on a beautiful spring day. There was supposed to be light winds, but the wind dropped off so we had flat water after coming onto Main Lake. On such a beautiful day, we were surprised to only see one single camper at one site and a small group at the far end. We landed there and then walked over to Yeatman Bay. We hiked the trail in the woods out toward the small island and the tide was low enough that we could cross over to it. Here we had a nice relaxed stop to enjoy the sun and sights.
After we hiked back to the kayaks and had lunch here before launching back onto Main Lake. At the head of the bay, we ran into some stronger winds with light chop. This continued until we reached the channel and then became lighter as we returned down Mine Lake to our vehicles.
About 4½ hours for a 5½ km paddle and a 2½ km hike

Les

Thanks to Les and Louise for the photos

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Kayaking – Mine and Main Lakes – 21 May 2026

Trip Report – Surge Narrows Trail – 13 May 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by qioutdoorclub

Our timing was perfect on our Surge Narrows hike, arriving at the rapids just at full
flood of 7.4 knots. We decided to make the rocky viewpoint our lunch stop so that we could enjoy watching about a dozen kayakers who appeared on cue. We suspected that they were local guides in training for the summer season, and were impressed by the rolling and self-rescue skills of some as they tackled the rapids.

Over the years, the Surge Narrows trail has been greatly improved. The trail to the viewpoint is easy to follow and the old, dodgy bridges have been replaced with culverts by our hardworking Trail Committee. There is even a port-a-pottie at the trailhead. The
trailhead, well signed, is now at the upper parking lot; old-timers will recall that the trail
originally began at the lower parking lot. To the viewpoint is a moderate 2 km hike, with “suitable undulations” to provide some cardio, through typical West Coast forest. We saw several outcroppings of oyster mushrooms and one bunch of coral root on the trail to the viewpoint. Beyond the viewpoint, the trail is signposted as a route and is not maintained, overgrown with deadfall and salal. This route is challenging, hugging the steep shoreline until reaching a rocky beach. At low tide it would be possible to walk north along the shoreline for intertidal viewing, but the tide was too high for this on the day of our hike.

As always, parking at Surge Narrows is a challenge, carpooling is a necessity.
5.14 km, about 2.5 hours including on-water entertainment.

Valerie van Veen

Many thanks to Norris for photos.

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: Pinesap emerging

: Oyster Mushroom

: Bracket fugus

Hiking – Surge Narrows Trail – 13 May 2026

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