Eagleridge Bluffs

A network of unnamed trails on Eagleridge Bluffs

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Directions

Hikers can take the bus to Horseshoe Bay and walk up the Seaview Walk to the bridge that crosses Nelson Creek on the Trans Canada Way. Drivers can park at the Seaview Walk parking (Eagleridge Drive and Marine Drive) or they can park at the Nelson Canyon parking (off Westport Road below the Upper Levels Highway) and follow the access road over to the bridge. The trailhead is on the west side of the bridge on the north side of the road.

Details

Starting at the bridge, a fairly well maintained trail switchbacks up the hillside through a large grove of Arbutus trees. Less than 300 meters along the trail, a junction is reached. Continuing straight and to the left leads to a lookout, while the trail to the right and uphill leads to a set of powerlines and a helipad.

To reach the viewpoint, take the leftbranch and follow the trail over a small mossy rock bluff. Past this point the trail becomes rough, but it can be easily followed another 150 meters to a fantastic viewpoint on the rock bluff overlooking the Strait of Georgia.

To reach the helipad, take the right branch and follow it uphill. At the power lines, the trail comes up one one side of a helipad. On the other side of the helipad another trail goes onto the other side of the ridge in a loop that takes about an hour to do. If you take the left branch of the loop, bear right; right branch, bear left, and it takes you back to the loop intersection. There's one wet patch where you walk on a log - everywhere else the trail is well-drained. Trees down in many places, but no large detours. Two side trails off this loop lead to the Whyte Lake Trail - one (at the intersection with the rocks) to the shelter on the WLT near the Baden Powell Trail, the other (the intersection with the flagging - the trail without flagging) to the WLT just above the bridge across Whyte Creek. (This side trail becomes scattered near the bottom - all other trails easy to follow). About a half hour up or down the hill to the helipad. About an hour loop behind the ridge.

Warning, lots of ticks in warmer weather.

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GPS Waypoints

Upper Seaview Walk trailhead (Cranley Drive)	N49.36010 W123.26305	10U 480899 5467521
TCT leaves Seaview Walk	N49.36108 W123.26314	10U 480893 5467630
TCT leads beneath overpass	N49.36209 W123.26215	10U 480965 5467742
TCT connects with old highway	N49.36292 W123.26156	10U 481008 5467834
Nelson Canyon parking lot (Westport Road)	N49.36057 W123.25748	10U 481304 5467572
Watershed access gate	N49.36092 W123.26017	10U 481108 5467611
Westport Road access trail leads beneath overpass	N49.36160 W123.26057	10U 481080 5467687
Westport Road access trail junction with TCT	N49.36228 W123.25971	10U 481142 5467762
Eagleridge Bluffs trail junction	N49.36308 W123.26097	10U 481051 5467852
Viewpoint trail junction	N49.36347 W123.26403	10U 480829 5467896
Bluffs viewpoint	N49.36317 W123.26706	10U 480609 5467863