Vancouver Island Trail thru hike: Lake Cowichan to Port Alberni
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2020
- The second part of the journey on Vancouver Island. Sorry about the delay but we have not stopped in a long time and this was the first time I could get the footage uploaded. Enjoy and thanks for following along!
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For as much as it rains there, you had good weather. How fun to be early hikers on these trails as they develop.
We have had good weather so far on this trail, we had about a (48) hour part of a section that had walls of rain consistently but so far so good!
I was there in 2007 when we planted that apple tree, crazy to see it now, glad to see its doing well
It's wild seeing the old remnants of the Railway's being reclaimed by the Forrest eh?! Awesome hike and great job on the footage. Island qualifiers anyone? Haha
Cheers!
Thanks! And it really was wild seeing how much the forest was reclaiming man made structures when left to its own devices for so long. Really really beautiful!
Such massive downed trees in some sections there, wow. It looked like one had little trees growing out of it.
The Schwacks were THICC with 2 Cs!!!!!!!!
50:16 - seeing this called "Emerald Pool" on some maps :)
Cool hike bro- did Mt Washington to tofino hike last summer... can you share the trails you connected?
Meades creek to port alberni is on the other side of the lake , old deactivated logging roads
Logging Roads are our Friends!
Was any section of the trail on First Nation land up to this point? What beautiful scenery and perfect weather. You guys deserve a break after Sufferfest2020 aka the GDT in June/July.
Yes, there was a small section on the way into Lake Cowichan that was managed by a First Nation, I believe I filmed this on the way into the town, it was a smaller segment about a mile long, there probably has been more that the trail routes through since then but a lot of the route has been on logging roads that probably go through specific First Nation land.
Awesome hiking and commentary on this new trail. What navigation apps & maps are you guys using to record your adventure?
Thank you, we are using Gaia GPS. It drains the battery when recording but also has been very resourceful for what we needed!
What backpack do you use?
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Windrider 3400
That is Kraft Dinner or KD in Canada, not Mac and Cheese.
it does seem like the KD reigned supreme! will have to start referencing it as such in Canadian hikes!
BTW, what website are you uploading this GPX data to?
I sent some files directly to one of the trail coordinators at the Vancouver Island Trail, so they are either going to implement them or not. Honestly, with how much still needs to be defined, the GPX routes would still be just a suggestion, very much impossible to stick to in thick bushwhacks and cliff-whacks.
@@HikingAmerica You might wish to submit that data to OpenStreetMap as well. It can help us fill in some gaps with routes that we can tag as informal or provisional.
Where can we access the gpx trails? Thanks!
Hi, you can access the most up to date GPX tracks on the Vancouver Island Trail’s website, they have recorded and tracked most of the data themselves, and it should all be on there
@@HikingAmerica Is the GPX file on their website updated with your data?
16:48 nobody should pass walkers on a gravel road going as fast as that guy.
We were chewing dust through this section. Loggers tend to drive fast since they are on the clock, and eventually the trail association is going to acquire an easement to put you off this road but yea chewing gravel and dust is not in my top 10 favorite things to do.
Avoid drinking water at that Follensbee Creek, there is a foresty business just up the hill from there that dumps chemicals in the water or at least there are signs further up warning people of exactly that, maybe run off chemicals.