Trip Report – Haskins’ Farm and Golf Course Loop with Lunch – 14 Oct 2025

Posted on October 17, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

We had reservations at the Quadra Golf Course restaurant, The Q, at 12:00. We met at the Fir Crest parking lot at 10:00 and wandered around the Fir Crest Loop, the Fir Crest Trail and the Haskins’ Farm trails for two hours. (6.9 km). The weather was great, sunny with fall colours.

At the restaurant, it was the second to last day before closing for the season. A beautiful room and the food was great.

Norris

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: Golf Course walking trail

: Looking southeast

: Looking west across Sutil Channel

: Looking toward mainland mountains

: Haskin Farm trail

: The Golf Club

Hiking – Haskins’ Farm and Golf Course with lunch – 14 Oct 2025

Hiking – Nighthawk Lake – 9 July 2025

Posted on June 30, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

This trip has been postponed indefinitely.

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Nighthawk Lake
Date	9 July 2025, Wednesday
Trip Coordinator	Valerie van Veen
Contact Info	vvv@qisland.ca, 250 285 2329, 778 242 5774
Description	For those not going on the July 8-10 camp. This will be a moderately paced hike, making a loop on moderate trails with one uphill of note. Bring a snack. With the early start we will be finished before lunch. This will be cancelled for extreme temperatures or deluging. Contact coordinator by Monday evening.
Meeting Place	Pull off on Walcan Road across from Mud Lake
Departure Time	9:00
Difficulty	Moderate
Costs	None
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	Under control
Notes:

Trip Report – Ripple Rock Trail – 13 May 2025

Posted on May 18, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

Three of us and two dogs hiked out from trailhead at Highway 19 to the viewpoint overlooking former Ripple Rock. Blasted in 1958, it was the largest non nuclear blast up until that time. It was a beautiful sunny day with slight breeze so temperature was ideal for hiking. With no significant rainfall for awhile the trail was dry with no mud or slippery sections. We walked the trail at a good pace with dogs helping us along. The whole route out and back was 9 km and took 3 hours and 6 minutes, with a 15 to 20 minute break for a snack at Ripple Rock viewpoint. The last uphill stretch to parking lot was a bit exhausting, but welcome once there.

Allan

Thanks to Allan for the photos

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: Low tide in Menzies Bay

: Log booms in Menzies Bay

: Looking south down Discovery Passage

: Rock Bluff at Seymour Narrows

Hiking – Ripple Rock Trail – 13 May 2025

Hiking – Eagle Ridge and Blindman’s Bluff – 30 April 2025

Posted on April 26, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Eagle Ridge and Blindman’s Bluff
Date	30 April 2025
Trip Coordinator	Les Hand
Contact Info	250-285-2029 or lhquadra@gmail.com
Description	After meeting at the community center, we will carpool out to Copperhead Road parking then hike Blindman’s Bluff and up Eagle Ridge. This is not a hard hike, but you might want to bring poles if you use them as we are on some rocks.
Meeting Place	Community Centre Parking lot
Departure Time	10:00
Difficulty	Moderate
Costs	None
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	OK but must be under control and on a leash if not kept in front of the group
Notes:	Bring water and a lunch or snack

Trip Report – Beech’s Mountain – 16 Apr 2025

Posted on April 18, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

Ten hikers set out from the Chinese mountain parking lot on a beautiful sunny spring day. The trail was dry and in excellent condition. It has been a while since we have had this nice of weather and we were certainly enjoying it. We stopped at many of the open large rock outcrops to look out over Quadra and to the snow on the mountains on Vancouver Island. As we approached the pond, where the trail forks to go to Beech’s or Chinese mountain, there was a huge uproar of thousands of frogs croaking. Often at the first sound of people talking they will stop croaking, but they did not seem to mind us at all and just kept going. We proceeded on up to the large open rock face and decided to have lunch here as we enjoyed the views to the south and east. After we hiked on to the top of Beech’s where we unrolled a large Canadian flag that Val had brought. She took a group photo of us with the flag to send into Global TV. It will be interesting to see if it gets used on the evening news.
With the top and picture accomplished, we took a leisurely pace back down the hill to our vehicles. (7km, 4½ hours, 350m elevation)

Les

Thanks to Carrie and Les for the photos.

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Hiking – Beech’s Mtn – 16 Apr 2025

Hiking – Yellow Mud Loop – 26 March 2025

Posted on March 6, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Yellow Mud Loop
Date	26 March 2025, Wednesday
Trip Coordinator	Louise Squire
Contact Info	Lsquire@sasktel.net
Description	Starting at Reed Lake, we will go south on Straight as a Dime, turn east on Back Door over the rock bluffs and down to the variously named lake with the large beaver dam. From here we return along the Yellow Mud trail to Reed Lake. Be prepared for a change weather depending.
Meeting Place	Legion parking lot
Departure Time	9:30
Difficulty	Easy to moderate – may be slick if it rains
Costs	none
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	On leash
Notes:

Trip Report – Shellaligan Loop – 24 Feb 2025

Posted on February 28, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

On a partially sunny day four hikers and two dogs set out to do the shorter loop counter clockwise. The rocks were wet, but trail was in good shape. The ocean views with the snowy mountain peaks in the distance are very picturesque on this shoreline walk. We paused on the Village Bay rocky point for the views up Hoskyn channel. We did not stay long as there was a cool breeze coming off the water. The group then continued down the shoreline and up the hill to the fork in the trail. From here we traveled down the gully and over the bridge. The creek was running fast and high. We continued on to the oyster farm where we enjoyed a lunch while watching the birds. After we returned back up the hill and to our vehicles. (4.5 km and 2½ hours)

Les

Thanks to Les and Valerie for the photos

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: Bay on Hoskyn Channel

: View bluff at Village Bay

: Bracket fungus

Hiking – Shellaligan Loop – 24 Feb 2025

Posted on February 2, 2025 by qioutdoorclub

Activity	Hiking
Destination	Shellaligan Loop
Date	24 Feb, Monday
Trip Coordinator	Les Hand
Contact Info	lhquadra@gmail.com or 285-2029
Description	We will drive out to Valdez Road and to the second parking spot. We will do the route counterclockwise. The first part is scrambling over some rocky bluffs so wear good shoes. We will possibly go down to the old oyster farm as well. Much of this trail is along the ocean shoreline so hopefully there will not be any snow. If there is a need to change the destination, I will contact anyone that has signed up.
Meeting Place	Community Centre parking lot
Departure Time	10 am
Difficulty	Moderate
Costs	None
Trip limits	10
Dogs?	OK but must not run back-and-forth through the group
Notes:	Bring a lunch or snack as we will stop on the open area at the entrance to Village Bay if there is no wind. You may want to use poles on the steeper section.

Trip Report – Haskin Farm and Golf Course Loop – 23 Dec 2024

Posted on December 28, 2024 by qioutdoorclub

Five people took advantage of the partial sunny day and went for a comfortable hike. We went down Haskin Farm Trail to the beach and enjoyed the sun for a moment, then back up the hill and across Fircrest Trail. Along this portion, we enjoyed the partial ocean views toward Cortes and the old growth Fir. We circled the new housing development at the golf course and then went down to the clubhouse. We took a moment here to look at the mini golf course and all the wonderful driftwood sculptures that have been put by the course. As we circled the golf course we enjoyed how wonderful the greens and fairways are still looking. We traveled partially on Fircrest Trail again and then went up Todd’s Trail and back to the vehicles . (7.6 km and 2½ hours)

Les

Thanks to Les for the photos