Short trip together to practice our planning, packing, hiking, and getting to know each other before tackling longer/harder objectives. This is an opportunity for the mentee group to use an easy hike to practice packing for a more challenging day hike, planning for the weather, and using some of the items in our kit. The idea of this hike is to practice and get to know each other, practice communication and basic navigation, rather than a challenge. It is a popular trail with water access, good signage, washrooms, and reception for parts of the trail. The trip will run rain or shine, with the exception of extreme weather/winds.

End of the Line Store was chosen for two reasons: 1) because it is accessible by transit, for anyone who needs it, and 2) because there is good cell reception if anyone is running late. The cell reception by the Rice Lake washrooms/parking can be poor. If you plan to park there, you need to plan to walk to the End of the Line Store to meet.

Here is the trail on AllTrails: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/rice-lake-and-lynn-canyon-loop

Bring your 10 essentials (as if you were headed on a much more challenging and longer hike), leave a trip plan.

Plan for the entire time to be 2-4 hours, depending on group speed and discussions. Plan for traffic return.

This trip will only run with 2 or more people registered by end of the day May 20. Please register ASAP.