Masqui Trail

On our drive home, we stopped across from Mission British Columbia to walk the Masqui Trail on the other side of the Fraser River.This trail is also part of the Trans Canada Trail. We had hoped to hike from the Mission Bridge to Douglas Taylor Park and back, but found the trail closed for public safety near the Matsqui Slough, our trip was 2.5 miles round trip. View of the Mission Bridge across the Fraser River at the parking area where we started

View of Mt Baker to the south and a zoom of Mt Baker seen partway along the trail

Views along the Fraser River and zoom of comorants on a log in the river

Snow covered peaks seen to the north across the river, zoom of the peaks

Our turn around point on the trail today

Gladwin Pond is on a side trail

Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park

We drove to Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park near Popkum British Columbia to hike up to Bridal Veil Falls. We found some parking below the park gate which was closed for the winter. (It is ok to hike in the park durning the winter.) We walked up the road and trail to the falls, and returned via the Woodland Trail for a total of 1 mile.

Bridal Creek runs along the trail below the falls

Bridal Veil Falls

Nice forest views along the Woodland Trail

Cheam Lake Wetlands

We drove to the north side of Cheam Wetlands Regional Park near Popkum British Columbia to hike on a rainy afternoon. From the parking area, we hiked out to the Floating Walkway, down the Creek Trail and back, and over to the Loop Trail, overall about 3 miles.

Views across Cheam Lake, with a zoom of Bridal Veil Falls to the south

The floating walkway

Views along the Creek Trail

Views to and along the Loop Trail

Snow Mountain Ranch

We drove out to the Snow Mountain Ranch Trailhead of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy (west of Yakima WA) to see the wildflowers in bloom. We did a 6.3 mile loop out of several trails with 1,150 ft of overall gain. We took the entry trail up to the Wildflower Trail, continuing on up the Cowiche Mountain Trail West, then down the Cowiche Mountain Trail east and the Ditch Bank Trail to the Balanced Rock Trail, then back partway on the Ditch Bank Trail and returned to the trailhead. View from the parking area

Views along the trail

zoom of Mt Rainier and Mt Adams seen over the hills to the west

Along the Balanced Rock Trail

zoom of Balanced Rock from the Balance Rock Trail, then the Ditch Back trail below

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today: