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Stoney Hill / Samsun Narrows (Duncan) - Retreads

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Trail stats

Distance
3.16 mi
Elevation gain
427 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
427 ft
Max elevation
690 ft
TrailRank 
67
Min elevation
481 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
one hour 30 minutes
Time
2 hours 26 minutes
Coordinates
920
Uploaded
January 17, 2019
Recorded
January 2019
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near Genoa Bay, British Columbia (Canada)

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Itinerary description

This trail in Stoney Hill Regional Park leads to a number of bluffs with spectacular views over Samsun Narrows to Saltspring Island and southward over the Saanich peninsula to the San Juan Islands. This is primarily a level well groomed trail with a few moderate hills. The trail is through a pleasant forest setting emerging onto open bluffs.

Here is a link to the CVRD web page with more info about Stoney Hill Park: www.cvrd.bc.ca/1917/Stoney-Hill-Regional-Park

There is a toilet at the trailhead.

The Retreads Hiking Club gives this hike an AVA rating of 2B.

Looking for a hike in the Cowichan Valley? Or, looking for hiking companions? Google "Retreads Hiking Club CVRD".

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Photo ofLots of arbutus trees, this is an especially mature, gnarly one

Lots of arbutus trees, this is an especially mature, gnarly one

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Photo ofInteresting moss & fern covered topography

Interesting moss & fern covered topography

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Photo ofLooking E across Samsun Narrows to Saltspring Island

Looking E across Samsun Narrows to Saltspring Island

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Looking SE

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Photo ofLooking more S. Ships in anchorage off of Cowichan Bay. Saanich Pennisula in distance.

Looking more S. Ships in anchorage off of Cowichan Bay. Saanich Pennisula in distance.

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Looking N. Mt. Maxwell on Saltspring Isld. in distance.

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A hanging garden of ferns

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A mountain tarn

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Photo ofMt. Bruce (?) on Saltspring Isld

Mt. Bruce (?) on Saltspring Isld

PictographPhoto Altitude 636 ft
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Looking down into the Narrows

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Looking towards Burgoyne Bay

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Looking towards Mt. Maxwell on Saltspring Isld

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