walking

Sunday morning I hiked 2.5km in Mt. Douglas Park. I hadn't been up Little Mount Douglas in a decade so parked along Blenkinsop Rd. and headed up the Mercer Trail.

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The Tod Trail connects to Mercer in a hundred meters or so so we hung a left there and headed up the mountain.

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Once atop Little Mount Doug, Tod Trail carries on down the north col to Whittaker Trail.

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From there, one hangs a right southbound to pick up Mercer again and back to Blenkinsop Road. This didn't happen.

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I met a couple of hikers just south of Little Mountain who were standing on a branch trail at a fork in the path. I asked them which was the main trail and they said they were standing on Blenkinsop Trail which lead back to that eponymous road. This was true but not the trail I came up on. Anyway, I came out at a designated park, parking lot and walked the few hundred metres back to my vehicle.

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The climb up Little Mount Doug was steeper than I remembered so I probably won't go up this way again. The north col Tod Trail is easier and safer.

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The entire route was recorded with a new free app in my phone. Avenza GPS tracking program is recommended by the Friends of Mount Douglas Park and they provide a free, online, downloadable map to go with it. This is what is shown in the image.

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Labels: douglas, mercer, tod, walked