Our hike on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 will be in Mount Wells Regional Park. Click here to see and or print the information sheet.
Car poolers will be leaving the centre at 9:15. If meeting at the car park next to Humpback Reservoir on Humpback Road - please be there at 9:35.
How to get there from Victoria:
Follow the Trans-Canada Highway from Victoria, and turn left on Sooke Lake Road. Turn left on Humpback Road. At the intersection with Irwin Road, stay right. Follow Humpback Road to the park
entrance on the right. Allow approximately 30 minutes driving time from Victoria.
Google map with directions from the centre: (Approximately 20 minute driving time from the centre)
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Hike Description from the official guide:
Hike on a steep and challenging trail to the 352-metre summit for sweeping views of Juan de Fuca Strait, Victoria and the Sooke Hills. The trail climbs through Douglas-fir forest and sensitive Garry oak ecosystems to open rocky hilltops dotted with arbutus trees, hairy manzanita and a mosaic of lush mosses. In the spring, native wildflowers such as camas, shooting star and satin flower carpet the slopes. Mount Wells is the only place in Canada where the endangered prairie lupine grows. Please stay on the trail and keep pets on the trail to protect this fragile habitat. Even if wildflowers are not visible, walking off trail can damage bulbs that lie dormant under thin soils. On your journey to the summit, you may see turkey vultures and band-tailed pigeons, or hear the drumming of ruffed grouse. The park is also an important wildlife refuge for animals such as black-tailed deer, red squirrels and alligator lizards.
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