| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Cruickshank Canyon Lookout at Strathcona Park |
| Date | Tuesday, 29 July 2014 |
| Trip Coordinator | Emily Toman |
| Contact Info | 250-923-7122 |
| Description | This is a moderate, but a day long hike of 20-22 kilometers round trip with a few steeper sections. Estimated hiking time is 7 hours, plus lunch & drinking breaks (add another hour). The daylight is long and to our advantage. The hike is planned as a loop. Starting at Paradise Meadows going up to Battleship Lake – Lady and Croteau Lakes – Kwai Lake. Past Kwai Lake we take a fork to the plateau with Lake Beautiful (& many other lakes) to Cruickshank Canyon Lookout. Our way back will take us back to Kwai Lake fork from which we go up the hill towards Hairtrigger lake. From there it shall be downhill to Helen McKenzie Lake, back to Paradise Meadows & to trail head at Raven Lodge. |
| Meeting Place | Ferry parking lot on Quadra Island at 7:30 a.m. for car pooling for 8 a.m. ferry sailing |
| Departure Time | 10:00 a.m. at Paradise Meadows trailhead next to Raven Lodge |
| Difficulty | Moderate terrain with some steep sections & long day |
| Costs | the ferry and carpooling costs |
| Trip limits | none |
| Dogs? | Allowed, but according to Park’s rules they must be leashed |
| Notes: | Awesome lookout over Cruickshank Canyon 600 meters deep with river at the bottom and Comox Lake visible is the final reward. During a sunny day the massive ridge of Albert Edward, Frink and Castlecrag mountains should be just across the canyon valley. The Comox Glacier and Red Pillar are visible a little further south. Emily will meet Quadra hikers at the ferry terminal on Campbell River side and will have 2 seats available in her car for ride to Mt. Washington trail head. |
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