| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Open Bay Trails |
| Date | 1 Jan 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Vic Gladish and Valerie Van Veen |
| Contact Info | vicgladish@gmail.com or 2111 |
| Description | A New Year’s day social walk in the Open Bay area, including Big Beach. After walking we will go to Valerie’s house to socialize and eat our lunches out of the rain. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay store parking lot to carpool. Parking is limited |
| Departure Time | 10:00 am |
| Difficulty |
Easy |
| Costs | none |
| Trip limits | 12 |
| Dogs? | No |
| Notes: |
Plan B was substituted due to weather. Eight of us spent a couple of hours hiking the trails from Cape Mudge lighthouse, first to the north along Discovery Passage and then along the Cape Mudge shoreline with a loop into the forest and back to Tsa-Kwa-Luten. We had lunch back at Julie and Randy’s house. We didn’t get wet, just a bit blown around on the Cape Mudge bluffs. 7.5 km, 2 hours.
Julie
Thanks to Norris and Cyndy for the photos
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On a sunny, cold morning 13 hikers and 3 dogs set out on the very familiar (to most) Haskin’s Farm trail. After quickly arriving at the beach and enjoying the mid-fall sunshine it was decided that we would visit the big trees along the beach trail, ascend to the top of the bluff and then explore the new trails. We forest bathed under the big Douglas firs then back-tracked to the switchbacks, regrouped and headed along the new trail that skirts the bluff, checked out the man made pond that is part of the new Golf Club development, walked the new trail through the future subdivision and eventually sat down for lunch at the clubhouse picnic tables and basked in the sunshine. Several hikers headed back to their cars and several headed around the golf course, bushwacked for 10 minutes, regained the Haskin’s Farm logging road close to the Todd’s Trail sign, and finished off our 3 hour outing. The new trails are a welcome addition to this classic Quadra hike. 8.5 km, 3 hours.
Vic
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We had a big group of 14 people for this classic hike. The weather was overcast, but good for hiking. We parked on Valdez Road and walked the logging road to the shorter loop trailhead. We hiked clockwise through the new and the old forest to Village Bay where we stopped for a short break. We continued on the rocky trail with moss, lichen and water views. We stopped again for lunch on the rocky bluffs at the corner of Village Bay and Hoskyn Channel where we enjoyed the view of the calm water and migrating ducks. We continued on the trail overlooking Hoskyn Channel stopping briefly at the small cove and then hiking back along the logging road to the vehicles. 6.7 km, 3 hours.
Julie Mellanby
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| Activity | Hiking in Silence |
| Destination | Carrington Bay, Cortes Island |
| Date | 9 Dec 2019, Monday 5 |
| Trip Coordinator | Margot Wood |
| Contact Info | 250.285.2393. Please contact the coordinator well in advance of the trip, so that car pools can be arranged. |
| Description | We will meet at the Cortes Ferry Line-up. We will drive to the Carrington Bay Trail entrance. Before beginning the hike we will partake in a short meditation, followed by 1 minute of silence (for those who wish to.) Giving oneself completely to the act of listening, seeing and feeling. Hiking in silence onto Carrington Lagoon. Spending a little time at the lagoon and then onto Grandmothers Grove. Returning on the 3:50pm ferry to Quadra. Please bring your packed lunch and water. This trip is weather dependent. The Forest Trust for the children of Cortes has been formed to purchase these forestlands and hold them in trust for the children of Cortes Island in perpetuity. I always feel honoured by being there. Margot. |
| Meeting Place | Cortes ferry line-up. |
| Departure Time | 9:05 am ferry; Car-pooling will be encouraged. Designated drivers please be in line-up by 8:15a.m – this is a busy trades-person ferry. |
| Difficulty |
Easy |
| Costs | Ferry travel costs; bring your experience card and ID |
| Trip limits | 8 |
| Dogs? | no |
| Notes: | This trip is for all who wish to hike in silence. |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Reed Lake Loop |
| Date | 11 Mar 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Janis McLean |
| Contact Info | 285-3614. Please contact the coordinator prior to the trip departure. |
| Description | We start at Reed Lake on Walcan Road, hike south on Straight-as-a-Dime, east on Backdoor Trail and north down Dick’s Ride to the large beaver-dammed lake (variously called Yellow Mud, Nighthawk, Hilda’s or Wood Duck Lake). Hiking along the lake, we follow Yellow Mud Trail northwest back to Reed Lake. If the weather is good and hikers are keen, we could expand this loop to include Silk Stockings and Little Black Dress. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay store parking lot for car pooling |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Easy but trail on bluffs could be slippery. |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | 10 |
| Dogs? | Yes, under owner’s control |
| Notes: | Hiking stick(s) are useful on the rock bluffs, lunch and rain gear. Time – 3 hours. |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Homewood Trail Loop |
| Date | 15 Jan 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Janis McLean |
| Contact Info | 285-3614. Please contact the coordinator prior to the trip departure. |
| Description | We hike the Hopespring Trail, then south on Gowlland Trail and climb up to Homewood Bluff. From here we loop back on High Bluff Trail and climb to the High Bluff viewpoint. We follow the high route north across South Heriot Ridge past the communication tower, and down Hopespring Trail to the vehicles. |
| Meeting Place | Hopespring trailhead |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Easy with a little moderate scrambling up the two viewpoint bluffs |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | 10 |
| Dogs? | Yes, under owner’s control |
| Notes: | Hiking stick(s) useful on the rock bluffs. Bring a lunch and rain gear. Time – 2-3 hours. |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Haskin’s Farm Loop |
| Date | 20 Nov 2019, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Vic Gladish |
| Contact Info | vicgladish@gmail.com; 250-285-2111; (cell 250-287-0459) Please contact the coordinator in advance of the trip. |
| Description | We will follow the Haskin’s Farm trail to the beach and pass by some great old growth trees before walking through the gently rolling paths on the golf course. |
| Meeting Place | Haskin’s Farm trailhead at Smith and Heriot Bay Roads |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Easy |
| Costs | none |
| Trip limits | none |
| Dogs? | Yes, but must not run through the group. |
| Notes: | Dress for the weather and bring a snack/lunch. |
We had a beautiful fall day for eight of us and four dogs to hike along the eastern Quadra shoreline and through woodlot trails. We sat on the beach for a snack and were lucky to see two humpback whales passing by. 2 hours.
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Rebecca Spit Loop |
| Date | 30 October 2019, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Debbie Quigg |
| Contact Info | debbie.quigg@ualberta.ca or 3710. Please contact the trip coordinator prior to the trip. |
| Description | We will visit the Sasquatch and then continue to Paddy’s Lagoon. We will follow some unofficial trails that loop out and then circle back to the campground. We will explore the recent improvements to Drew Creek. If we then continue to the end of the Spit, the hike is about 8km. |
| Meeting Place | Rebecca Spit parking lot just past the gate on the right by the water at the south end of the park. |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
easy |
| Costs | none |
| Trip limits | none |
| Dogs? | |
| Notes: | Expect some mud on the way to Paddy’s Lagoon. Bring a snack and gear for the weather. |
Quadra Island Outdoor Club 