On Saturday May 25th a group of 7 club members met at Grant Narrows Park in Pitt Meadows. The plan was to paddle up Widgeon Creek to the campground and hike to the falls.
Dawn, Margaret, Sue, Kathy & Andrea all arrived and had their kayaks on the beach when the trip leader Colleen and Kevin, assist leader arrived. That was great because the boat launch & beach can be very busy.
After everyone was locked and loaded, Colleen gave her talk to the group about the plan for the day. Then we all set off on a beautiful sunny day and paddled across Pitt River into the creek. It was fairly quiet with amazing mountain views.
We arrived at the campsite to find a few campers but it wasn’t too busy. We locked some of our gear in the bear lockers, took a pit stop and put on our hiking gear.
We took the trail & the group talked to avoid any bears that might be in the area. The river trail has a few challenging parts and one bridge was missing. However for the most part it was a nice walk in the forest.
We made it to the falls, taking a bit longer than expected to do the 3 km. So we had a quick lunch, enjoyed the view and took some photos.
For the return trip we took the road trail to make up a bit of time. There we saw a steady stream of hikers heading up the trail.
When we arrived at the campsite there were a lot of new tents and watercraft so it was a good time to head out. With Pitt Lake being tidal and the tide ebbing we had less water clearance for our return trip. There were a number of sand bars so we had to really watch our route and even had to get out and pull our kayaks at one point.
We had a nice light wind occasionally, to cool us off as the temperature had risen into the 20’s in the afternoon.
As we paddled the creek back, there was a steady stream of canoes & paddle boards heading for the campsite.
We made the crossing of Pitt Lake as a group and landed at the boat ramp. It was busy with people and boats but we managed to get kayaks and gear loaded without too many issues.
We all had a fun day with familiar and new club members.
