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THE past month the
Out & About crew has
emptied the cash
machine taking readers
on day adventures each
equal to the cost of a
round of golf,

+ So for the next three weeks
we'll strike out on a different,
and .less expensive trail.’ As
most residents of the North

Shore know all too well, the.

hiking trials around here are
second to none.

This week we'll take ‘a
tadge on the Baden-Powell
Trail for a spectacular view of
West Vancouver. and
Vancouver from the lofty
heights of Eagleridge Lookout
on «Black. Mountain... Next

: Friday we'll delve into discov-

“ery‘on the Mystery Lake trail -

- in Mount Seymour Provincial
‘Park. And the Friday after that
we'll, check. ott. the _Baden-

Powell Trail’s easterly terminus :

in Deep Cove.

An argument in defence of

Cypress Bow! Resort’s push to
develop their’ little rugged
piece of paradise is the fact that
prior’ to. the: Jate 1970s, the

only. way to stand atop 1,220- °

metre Eagleridge Lookout was

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-_¢limb from Eagleridge: Drive. .

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OUTDOOR options for North Shore adventurers: .;

The North Van Recreation Commission is hosting Mountain:
Bike Skills for Women Only this Sunday. The workshop for inter.
mediate riders begins at 9 a.m. at the Lynn Valley recreation cen
(3590 Mountain Highway, North Van), and continues through "til
4 p.m. Instructed by the Westcoast School of Mountain Biking, rid.
ers Will get practice on and off their bikes. Cost is $75 for Outdoo

B Pursuits Centre members; $95 for non-members. For more info"

call 987-7529 (local 9666).

The Greater Vancouver Regional District offers free tours of th
Capilano and Coquitlam watersheds Thursday. through Sunda
until Sept 14, There are morning and afternoon bus tours each day

NEWS photos Andrew McCredie

JUST a 90-minute hike
from Cypress Bowl park-
ing lot, Eagleridge
Lookout offers stunning
views of Horseshoe Bay
(above), and West
Vancouver and Bowen
island. The trickiest part
of the hike is picking up
the alternate Baden-
Powell trailiead::at the
scenic viewpoint on the
Panorama ski run (right,

: where hiker is standing).

is some up and down on this

‘trail, with an elevation gain of

about 305 m. Call it a moder-
ate slog.

_ First thing to do once you
arrive at the parking fot is grab
a Cypress Park trail guide, free
for the taking in a box near the

~ resort's large ski map

Then it’s time. vo. start hik-

‘ing. Pick up the Baden Powell

trail head at the south-west
corner of the parking lot, tak-
ing you along the Lower "Fork
ski run, then the Panorama run
on Black Mountain.

« About half-way up Lower

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The only tricky part of this
hike is picking up the alternate
Baden-Powell Trail head .as
you round the viewpoint on
Panorama (see photo). Closer
inspection. of the brush will
reveal a small path. Take it and
follow. the bight orange dia-
monds attached to trees along
the route, Half-an-hour or so
along this route you run into
.the Black Mountain Route
loop trail. Turn left at this
point, and’ continue past
Theagill Lake and Sam Lake.

. The next juncture isa
three- -way trail-head as the
Baden-Powell. Trail’ veers west
:from the loop trail.-Follow the
“Baden-Powell’ “route . past
‘Owen Lake and Cougar Lakes.
This is where hiking boots are
most valuable, as this level,

¢ marshy area is famous for mud

Bring proper walking shoes and bring a snack. Cameras are allow

and water posing as the trail.
The trail is always darkest

before the view, the final 15”
minutes along the Baden- ,,

Powell takes you from sunny
Jake-country down into a small
valley canopied with towering
trees, It’s wet. and damp in
here, even on the hottest days.
But to the west the light
begins to filter through, and:

you break. free of the trees,

onto Eagleridge Lookout.”
Time from the parking lot to
this point should

40 minutes (The hike back is a
little quicker since the final leg”
is ‘the: déscent- down the: ski
runs

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_ Andrew McCredie

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