Exploring the world around us is a great way to connect with nature, or other things. And it seems, as society continues to evolve, that people tend to miss a lot of what is out there to see.
Geocaching can often help with that as it makes you look at things differently, well sometimes anyway.
What I love about geocaching is its ability to make me see and go to different places – many of which I likely never would have found without the game.
Welcome to On the Trail, a periodic feature on the blog where I’ll tell you about some of the places I’ve visited or hiked to. I’ve tried to start reconnecting with the world around me a bit more, and one of the best ways to keep doing it is to get out and hike/walk some trails.
The first installment of this is from a recent vacation, which took a couple of us through the Pacific Northwest, including heading into Canada and into the Candian Rockies.
There will be a few of these posts from this trip as it’s a good way to get this feature going.
When researching this road trip, I realized we would have the chance to see a whole heap of cool waterfalls. And for those who know me, I am a massive fan of waterfalls.
Bridal Veil Falls is located within Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The falls are quite easy to find and not far off the main road, which made it a no-brainer to stop, even with the jet lag and several-hour drive in front of us.
The trail isn’t too tough, though you do get a little bit of elevation on the way to the falls. The trails are groomed and well maintained. The walk up to the falls was nice and peaceful, as well as scenic.
Now, I won’t lie – I was a little worried. Being we were in a new area and traveling, we had a lot of things in our car. One thing I read about some Canadian parks (and hell, they may not say it, but the US parks, too) is people getting their cars broken into and all. But nothing happened while we were here, thankfully.
Once to the top, we didn’t really think about anything other than the falls. They are majestic. The name stems from the 400-foot drop over the rock face, which creates the illusion of a veil. They were pretty amazing to look at.
Scrambling up to the top was well worth it, too, as it got you close to the falls and you could really appreciate nature at its finest.
The hike back down was easy, though looking at the map, it seems there was another way to go down that would have circled us to the parking lot. I wish we had done that trail, if not just to see what it had to offer. Either way, we got back without issue.
Final thoughts:
Positives: Trail is relatively simple, and leads you to amazing falls. Can be done in less than an hour. Plenty of parking and there are restrooms available. Very scenic. Easily accessed off the main highway.
Cons: Bathrooms were not clean at all.
Overall: Well worth stopping at if you are near.
Geocaching note: There is an Earthcache (GC49JKF) with this waterfall, so that’s fun. Two other traditional caches are here as well: GC1EFDN and GC7BQTF are located just off the trails. Unfortunately, even with using the hints and photos, we came up short on both of them. They’ve been found since, so it was likely just us!
To watch a Relive video of this hike, please see below!
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This is a great idea for a blog series! I’ve heard of these falls but I’ve never been there!Sounds like a nice hike though!
They were definitely quite wonderful!
I agree with Rachel. This is a very good idea for a blog series. And once again, you’ve gotten to the central core of geocaching that I view as the most important. It’s taken me places where I’d never think to go and I have discovered so many really cool things because of it.
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It’s become more of how I look at geocaching. I’ve gone through all the phases, just like most. And one day I’d like to do the full ET Trail with a few people for the experience and just to do photos and video of it. But for the most part, I now want to see where things take me.
Love this!
Thank you!