Mount Arrowsmith is hard to miss if you’re driving around on Vancouver Island. I can’t count the number of times I’ve driven north of Nanaimo, looked left up to his stony peaks and wondered when I was going to hike up there. I finally put time and opportunity together and made the trip September 1, 2014. We couldn’t see a thing at the top because of the fog but it was still a great hike. I will be back.
Here are some photos from the day.
Starting the uphill


All the way back down


Some view peaking through


Roots eye view


The last of our views


Some big rock

Dew on everything from the mist


Louis making sure we get up safely


Waiting around


Starting to see a bit of the summit


Finally


Aero not happy with the wind


Della keeping an eye on the trail


Tired pup in the woods

Making sure our downhill technique is correct

Happy Louis

Aero sensing we’re almost back to the car


Camo. Can you spot the dog?



Judges trailhead at the end of the 4×4 road

The strangest picture of a bird. See it?

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