19.6 km / 734m cumulative gain / 334m high point / 10 junctions
There is a network of trails east of Cultus Lake. I did the longest loop but you can make this hike as long as you want. I parked at the yellow gate just a bit up Edmeston Rd.
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This is my favourite forest. I love all the moss on the cedar trees.
Junction #1 - Here I turned right, onto the Edmeston Road trail.
There are 3 main hills on this trail, the first two on the Watt Trail and the third one being Teapot Hill.
Junction #2 - I stayed on the Edmeston Road Trail.
pic 1) A stump hollow enough to fit an adult or two inside. 2) I think it's a male. 3) So that's what's been making those tracks in the trail. They were doing some major trail maintenance, especially by the creeks.
Junction #3 - Stayed on Edmeston Rd. Trail but came back to this one later to get to the Seven Sisters Trail.
Green green and more green.
After crossing this larger creek I came to junction #4. Here I turned left, onto the Watt Creek Trail.
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Junction # 5 - I turned left, staying on the Watt Creek trail and heading towards Camp Stillwood.
International Ridge in the background. Now the forest was more open.
Junction #7 - didn't get a pic of this sign but do not cross this dry creek bed. Go right, staying on the Watt Creek Trail.
Junction #8 - Soon you'll come to another green sign that reads "Watt Creek Trail". Do not carry on down the trail but turn right. There's a faint trail going up the south slope of Teapot Hill. Its the old original trail that rarely gets used anymore. It's short but steep.
View from the highest point overlooking Cultus Lake.
I counted 54 teapots & cups on the way down on the Teapot Hill Trail. They were hidden in holes in trees, in stumps (3rd pic) or hanging high up on branches.
This double decker was quite a ways down a steep slope.
Junction # 9 - I went left on the broad popular trail till the next junction which got me back onto the Edmeston Road Trail, turning right.
Back at junction #3. This time I turned left, onto the Clear Creek Trail.
Junction #10 - watch out for this sign to your right. To my left was the Clear Creek campsite and to the right was a maintenance yard.
Of the seven sisters, only 3 Douglas Firs remain. They're over 500 years old.
Only a few hundred years ago these ancient giants dominated the landscape from here to the Pacific Coast. Their size is the result of time, plenty of precipitation and a mild climate. Now only isolated pockets of them remain, protected in parks.
The Seven Sisters Trail continued north to the Entrance Bay Campsite. From there I walked a small stretch on the road before climbing the short piece on Edmeston Road back to my car. This hike took me 5 hours, including breaks.
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