A fan of the popular Mount Finlayson climb, it乌鸦传媒檚 no surprise the semi-technical climb in Goldstream Provincial Park appears among the South Island hikes outlined in Stephen Hui乌鸦传媒檚 guide.
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His updated second edition of 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia 乌鸦传媒� released in May, seven years after the first edition 乌鸦传媒� encourages readers to tread lightly on the land and discover the mountains, lakes, forests and coast with curiosity and respect.
The guide includes trails from Victoria to Manning Park and north of Pemberton to Mount Baker, Wash., with hikes for every season and all ages and skill levels.
Hui enjoys Greater Victoria乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒淚sland feel乌鸦传媒� with grey rocky outcrops, grassy rows and arbutus trees.
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A walk along the Range Trail provides stunning views of the Saanich Inlet, and Garry oak and arbutus trees abound. Mount Braden in Metchosin offers similar yet vastly different vistas of the Salish Sea.
乌鸦传媒淭he ridge at the top is just a beautiful spot to enjoy the view of the Juan de Fuca Strait, and then you get to go to the Sugarloaf on the way for another cool viewpoint,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淭here are some beautiful circuits you can do in these parks.乌鸦传媒�
Updates include a new foreword by Sto:lo historian Si:yemiya Albert (Sonny) McHalsie and guest chapters on safety and the environment.
It includes retrospective updates to routing, new hikes, new images and added history.
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The 36 new hikes, in some cases, replace shorter hikes with more rewarding ones, and a more diverse selection, including more in the Victoria area. 乌鸦传媒淚t felt like doing a new book almost. It was more work than I anticipated.乌鸦传媒�
Hui has been hiking, backpacking, and scrambling the mountains of B.C. for more than 30 years. A fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, he also has two other guidebooks to his name 乌鸦传媒� Destination Hikes and Best Hikes and Nature Walks With Kids.
He乌鸦传媒檚 been out meeting with folks since the launch in May and is pleased about the passion folks bring to book signings.
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