Mt Baldy Lookout

South Shuswap

Trail Information

Distance3.3 km (one way to lookout), 7.6 km (return via upper loop) km
DurationVarious
DifficultyMore DifficultMore Difficult
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Latitude / Longitude50.87897892, -119.51573574
ActivitiesHikingMountain BikingSnowshoeingViewpoint
Status:
This trail is currently closed until further notice due to wildfire destruction.

About

An intermediate hike (3.3 km uphill) through mixed forest. Combined with a 1.7 km upper loop, the trail to the lookout and back makes a perfect 7.6 km hike.


Access

An intermediate hike (3.3 km uphill) through mixed forest combined with a 1.7 km upper loop. The trail to the lookout and back makes a 7.6 km round trip hike. The first section climbs the grassy ridge through Interior Douglas Fir forest to connect to an old skid trail. Follow the trail signs into mixed cedar, hemlock, and Douglas fir forests to meander and switchback climbing steadily to a great lookout above a beautiful stand of Trembling Aspen overlooking Shuswap Lake. At the top the trail travels along the edge of the trembling aspen stand and then makes its way up to the ridge on a short section of trail that avoids an old unsustainable route. This is sensitive wildlife habitat. Trail users are asked to stay to the new reroutes to avoid further erosion to this vulnerable pocket ecosystem. Watch your foot placement and stay to rock and mineral surfaces to minimize damage to the sensitive ecology on these unique Shuswap rocky outcrops. Take a moment to acknowledge the significance of these lookout location


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