A Little Piece of Heaven

I've had Valhalla Provincial Park on my hiking "list" for several years now and on Monday a.m. I finally left for this "little piece of heaven". It took us about 3 hours from our place to reach the trailhead. We'd heard about the long access route - it's about 40 km on a good gravel road until the last 3 km. It's a lovely route. The trail into Gwillim Lakes is one of my new favs. It's not too long - about 3 hours of backpacking - there's only about 20 min of forest walk and even it affords a few scenic mountains views.

In an hour, there's a lovely lake called Drinnon Lake, and after that it's pure magic! The walk goes across several creeks and past numerous mountain lakes and tarns. The meadow flowers were glorious.

Upon arrival at Gwillin Lake (the lower lake hosts the campground) there's not much to do except enjoy the views in EVERY direction. On Tuesday, we did a circuit above the lakes and had even more amazing views to enjoy. I like this place!