Saturday
Hike – Simon Fraser University Loop Trail - CHANGED:
In light of the request of the Premier of BC and the Provincial Health Authority, we are postponing the BP Trail Part 2, which would have taken our whole Burnaby troop into North Vancouver, and instead will stay in our community and do the Simon Fraser University Loop Trail.
Note that as per the Provincial Health Authority website, you are allowed to attend your "home league" if it's in another community provided it is "relatively close", so if you live outside Burnaby, you are still allowed to come in to attend. This is as per updates made on Monday of this week (Apr 19).
Here is the AllTrails map of our route:
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/canada/british-columbia/simon-fraser-university-loop-trail
There are a number of geocaches on this trail. Doing it counter-clockwise means you do steep downhill near the beginning instead of steep uphill at the end. The drop off and pickup point are the same, at the West Mall. It may be pay parking. Here is the google maps link for it:
https://goo.gl/maps/6dPaTuenMUY1YKgL9
We will drop off at 9:00 am and pick up at 2:00 pm.
· These items are mandatory:
o Water bottle, filled
o Mask
o Clothing appropriate for the weather
o Footwear appropriate for hiking
o Snack - we can't provide any during COVID-19
o Lunch
o Necker (Uniform if you have one)
o Small day pack
· Optional items:
o Spare water bottle
o Emergency kit
o Pocket knife and permit (if you have a knife permit)
o Walking staff
o Personal first aid kit
o Device with GPS capability
Saturday Hike – BP Trail Part 2: CHANGED - SEE ABOVE!
On Saturday April 24th we will meet at the Lynn Canyon parking lot at 9:00 am. This is not the Lynn Loop parking lot but the parking lot where we ended the BP Trail part 1 that we did last fall, right by the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre.
Scouters please note that this is not a loop - you will need someone to drop you off and pick you up. If you leave your car at Lynn Canyon, you will have a looooooong walk to get back to it!
Here is the Google
Maps Link to the Ecology centre which is where the parking lot is for the drop off.
The hike is expected to end at 3:00 pm at the Grouse Mountain Parking Lot. The Google Maps Link to it is here. That's the pick up location.
This hike is just over 7 kms (14.6 if you go there and back), some of it fairly rugged. It’s a beautiful hike through west coast rain forest. Here is the link to the trail. This map starts at the Lower Lynn area, which we will have to hike to from the ecology centre, so our total distance may be closer to 8 kms.
·
These items are
mandatory:
o
Water bottle, filled
o
Mask
o
Clothing appropriate
for the weather
o
Footwear appropriate
for hiking
o
Snack - we can't
provide any during COVID-19
o
Lunch
o
Necker (Uniform if you
have one)
o
Small day pack
·
Optional items:
o
Spare water bottle
o
Emergency kit
o
Pocket knife and
permit (if you have a knife permit)
o Walking staff
o Personal first aid kit
Shaggy Mane Trail Hike in Campbell Valley Park:
Saturday, April 10th we will meet at the North parking lot of Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley at 9:00 am for a hike. We will be picked up at 1:00 pm after we have had lunch at the same location.
Here is the Google Maps link to the North parking lot.
Please bring:
Mandatory:
- Good boots
- Clothing appropriate for the weather
- A snack
- A lunch
- Water bottle, filled
- Mask
- Uniform if you have one, necker otherwise
- Small day pack
Optional:
- Emergency Kit
- Pocket knife and permit (if you have a knife permit)
- Walking staff
- Personal first aid kit
- GPS or GPS enabled device
- A printed copy of the two maps below
Here are two links:
