Last week it snowed in the Sooke Hills. And it was simply beautiful.
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It’s mushroom season, which is my favorite. So the little mushrooms were covered with ice. And the rocks had icicles.
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My favorite part was that some good Samaritan had covered the bridge with metal treads so no one slips when they’re crossing.
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It wasn’t even that cold in Victoria, so it was quite fun to drive 30 minutes out of town and get to see winter.
5 thoughts on “Snow in the Sooke Hills”
nice photos, where abouts in the Sooke Hills were these taken?
These ones were taken on Sugarloaf Mt … or on the way there 🙂
I haven’t hiked that one yet, where is the trailhead? On Sooke rd. I think, near the mailboxes? What other hikes do you reccomend? I have done Mt. Wells, Mc Donald, M Quimper ,Lone Tree Hill, Mill Hill, Broome Hill and lots of hiking in East Sooke Park. Thanks!
The “trailhead” is off the side of the highway near community mailboxes. 🙂 Here is the info that we used to get started hiking in the Sooke Hills, directions for Sugarloaf on here too: http://www.summitpost.org/capital-regional-district-victoria-bc/225767.
I found that the directions for Sugarloaf on that site were a bit confusing, so I rewrote them, added GPS coordinates and uploaded them to everytrail: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1034588
Enjoy — and let me know how it was if you go!
June, thanks for the info! And I saw the summitpost website-fantastic, just what I was looking for! Happy hiking and maybe see you out there!