ravine walk

bigleaf maple in carrington ravine.

walklog:

04-29 carrington - rutherford ravine 2.66 km 1:05 -- i read somewhere that the city is improving and making official a trail through a ravine kids used for years as a shortcut to school. i knew approximately where it should be from looking at google maps, and today i set out to find it, despite rain showers (what's a little rain to a BC resident, eh).

for the first bit the trail is freshly improved -- the creekbed has been stabilized, the trail is wide enough for 2 people, there's gravel on the trail, and a little bridge to cross the creek. after a steep set of stairs goes off to the right that's it for improvement, and the trail becomes single-file and in parts slippery. but hey, contrary to the lower end there was water in the creek!

it's lovely; moss, fern, old bigleaf maples, and the creek -- which needs to be crossed now and then, but there are big stones, and logs to facilitate that. i love these spots of wild nature in between developments. the trail ends at rutherford after about 1 km and an elevation gain of 420m, and one can double back, or turn right onto the paved path that leads to nelson. which one can take to carlton from where one can descend down into the ravine over the previously mentioned stairs, or follow it back to carrington -- it's a quiet little loop.

i went on via turner and butcher because i wanted to wander around that neighbourhood and get some more walking in.