Cowichan River Provincial Park WALKING/HIKING TRAIL LOOP W3
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13km
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About the Journey

This wilderness loop allows for spectacular viewing of the Cowichan River and forest.  The mossy maple forest is of particular interest.  Of course, the Marie Canyon trestle is a wonder and Skutz Falls is also worth viewing.  Best to park at Skutz Falls.  This venture can easily be made into two smaller loops, a 6k, and an 8k loop.  There is a Provincial Campground nearby and Sathlam Lodge has a cable car over the river to the trail.




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  • KML/KMZ files can be opened in Google Earth, and many smartphone apps.
  • GPX files can be opened by most GPS software apps when KMZ cannot. Note, GPX files do not contain custom colours and icons that we use on our maps; all tracks and icons will appear the same colours and styles. We recommend using KMZ instead when possible.
  • GPX-Garmin are GPX files that we have optimized for older Garmin units that only display tracks that contain 500 points or less (such as Garmin eTrex units).

Visit our GPS & Navigation page for instructions of how to use your smartphone as a GPS device (even when outside of data coverage) or how to import data to your Garmin unit.


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