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Photo 1. This snow-covered mountain behind my window was inviting me on every sunny day
since moving to Nanaimo last fall. It seemed to be just a short walk away,
a continuation of the Blackjack Ridge that rises up just beyond the city limits.
My map claims that there are cross-country ski trails on Blackjack Ridge.
I thought this may be the place to look for them. Getting there in a small
car earlier in the winter failed (an ATV would be needed). So I wanted to
explore this area more on foot first. On May 12, I finally got to it.
I drove to the end of the paved portion of the Biggs/Weigles Road,
and rather late in the morning started walking from the Benson Creek Falls Park
southeast as straight as possible in the direction where I expected my
now hidden destination to be. |
