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Broadmead
Park:
Maphttp://www.gov.saanich.bc.ca/resident/parks/pdfs/broadmead.pdf
8.9 km loop.
Terrain: Intermediate
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Elevations (in meters) |
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| Start | End | Minimum | Maximum | Gain |
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| 25 | 25 | 25 | 150 | 125 |
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Chatterton Way at Dalewood Trailhead: (5 km from Saanich Hall). Exit from Saanich Hall onto the Pat Bay highway. Drive north taking the Quadra street exit (3km). Turn right on Quadra and then take an immediate left at the light onto Chatterton Way. Drive north on Chatterton to Dalewood. There is street parking available (on weekends you may be able to park in the professional services plasa on the west side of Chatterton Way).
Uses
| Dayhike | 2 boot (easy to moderate). | 3 hours for the loop. | Suitable all year. |
Description
The footbed for this trail has some rocky bits but is mostly woodchip.
The time estimate for the loop includes a lunch stop.
This is a surprising trail that winds its way through an urban area, occasionally crossing streets but mostly in deep woods or parks. A map is available at the Saanich Parks website . It is a bit hard to follow as not all street names are included.
There are a number of options but the hike described here begins at the corner of Chatterton Way and Dalewood, continuing up Chatterton, through a shopping centre and across Royal Oak Drive to Falaise and Derwenter. From that point the trail itself begins, climbing through deep woods up to a water tower, descending and climbing again to an outlook point.
The trail continues through a number of small parks with a lunch stop at Loehbruner Park (sp) where there is a small duck pond and a picnic table. The trail then winds its way down to Fir Tree Glen and entrances to Rithet’s Bog, a nature conservation area of 42 hectares. Turning left allows a ¾ circuit of the bog, turning right allows a ¼ circuit back to the parking spot.
It is possible to park in the shopping centre but that requires road walking at the end instead of the beginning of the hike.
View trail condition reports for this trail.