Spectacle and Oliphant Lakes (Malahat) - Retreads
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.35 mi
- Elevation gain
- 164 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 164 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,416 ft
- TrailRank
- 62
- Min elevation
- 1,223 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 47 minutes
- Time
- 2 hours 38 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1200
- Uploaded
- July 10, 2020
- Recorded
- July 2020
near Malahat, British Columbia (Canada)
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A hike to two pretty lakes at the top of the Malahat. The trail is in pleasant forest shade at the lakes but between the two it passes through a clearcut.
There are some peekaboo views of the mainland mountains from the clearcut section (but not on the cloudy day of this hike).
There is a large parking lot and there are pit toilets located near the trailhead.
Some history...Oliphant is not a "natural" lake, it was created in the 1930's as a water source for the Bamberton cement works.
{see: www.earthfuture.com/community/bamberton/bam16.asp}
Spectacle is so named due to its shape, it looks like eyeglasses when seen from above.
I would give this hike an AVA rating of 2B.
There are some peekaboo views of the mainland mountains from the clearcut section (but not on the cloudy day of this hike).
There is a large parking lot and there are pit toilets located near the trailhead.
Some history...Oliphant is not a "natural" lake, it was created in the 1930's as a water source for the Bamberton cement works.
{see: www.earthfuture.com/community/bamberton/bam16.asp}
Spectacle is so named due to its shape, it looks like eyeglasses when seen from above.
I would give this hike an AVA rating of 2B.
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1,234 ft
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Intersection
Lake
Bridge
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