Golden Ears
Gallop
Golden Ears Provincial Park has many
kilometers of hiking and equestrian trails. This series of caches
will take you to some of my favorite areas in the park. It will
also show you four different cache types. To find the final you
will have to find 1 Traditional
Cache, 1 Multi-Cache (offset
Cache), 1 Letterbox Hybrid and 1
Mystery or puzzle cache.
- History
- The park was
named after the twin peaks of Mount
Blanshard
near the park's western boundary. This park was originally
part of Garibaldi Provincial Park. Golden Ears Park was
established in 1927.
- Cultural
Heritage - Human activity in Golden
Ears, both past and present, has been confined to the
accessible Alouette
Valley in
the south of the park. In the 1920s, the forested slopes of
the valley became the site of BC's greatest railroad logging
operation until a disastrous fire swept through the valley in
1931. The lake and its
forested surroundings were also the traditional hunting and
fishing grounds for the Douglas-Lillooet (Interior Salish)
and Katzie (Coast Salish) First Nations
peoples.
To complete the
Golden Ears Gallop you must be prepared for back country travel.
Make sure some one knows were you are and when you plan to return.
These caches are all on well marked trails, but the terrain can be
difficult in some areas.
Gold
Creek
Traditional
Cache
Gold creek runs into Alouette Lake from it’s
head waters deep in the Coast Mountains. If you take the main trail
up the creek you will come to Lower Falls. These falls are a very
popular place in the summer.