flynnfall creek outing

[piranha]

view of sunshine coast (mainland BC) from ridge above flynnfall creek.

went somewhere completely new today in order to ferret out the general area of a set of waterfalls that are in an undeveloped regional park, which is criss-crossed by many trails used by mountain bikes, dirt bikes, and ATVs, plus a few logging roads. i had a rough map of the area (BC's openmap project rocks), plus the view from google maps' satellite.

i knew the path i wanted to take would probably not get me to any falls, but i wanted to see/feel the lay of the land, and check out the creeks at the upper end of the area.

well, the land is rugged. up and down and up and down, the creeks running in steep ravines -- just the sort of thing you'd kinda expect when waterfalls are advertised. much of it densely forested -- no old growth, but mature trees; lots of fallen, overgrown branches on the ground, moss everywhere, and salal. the view above was achieved after scrambling off the path into a former clearcut with ~10m regrowth, where an embankment allowed a bit of a view, much interrupted by the occasional taller trees. i managed to crop this bit from between -- the light on the coast was beautiful, while it was raining on me. :)

with maps in hand i pondered several times which fork to take, and actually ended up at benson creek, upstream of the area where the biggest fall (ammonite fall) is located. and it was way cool -- not a big fall, just a tiny one off a long shelf ledge, and i had to scramble down the ravine and through the brush to get any pictures, but it was a great reward after flynnfalls creek which i crossed early had been rather a disappointment. i'll post the mini-falls picture tomorrow.

total of 4.8 km, took me about 2 hours 15 min with frequent stops for photographs (some great fungi), even though of course it was too dark and i didn't bring my tripod (*slaps self*).

Comments

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful.

I envy your proximity to such places to tramp around in.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fun adventure!