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East Sooke Park: Partial coast
Park: East Sooke Regional Park, Sooke
10.0 km loop.
Terrain: Moderately smooth
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Approximate Elevations (in meters) |
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| Start | End | Minimum | Maximum | Gain |
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| 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
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Alyard Farm Trailhead: (32 km from Saanich Hall). Take the Trans Canada Highway (CA#1) west from Victoria, take the Colwood exit (exit 10 - 5.7km) and follow Sooke Road to Metchosin Road. Follow this to Happy Valley Road. A short drive on Happy Valley will bring you to Rocky Point Road, turn left and follow this to Becher Bay Road (on your left, somewhat difficult to spot as you come upon it while rounding a corner which turns away from the road). Follow Becher Bay Road to the Aylard Farm parking lot.
Facilities available at the trailhead include:
- Picnic tables
- Toilets and/or outhouses
Uses
| Dayhike | 2 boot (easy to moderate). | 4 hours for the loop. | Suitable all year. |
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Description
This route follows the Coast Trail from Alyard Farm out via the petroglyphs at Aldridge Point (2km) past Beechy Head to Cabin Point and returns via the Interior Trail.
On the interior trail there are three important junctions to note, the first, unmarked junction is with another trail leaving from near the Beechy Head area, continue to your left, the next junction, also unmarked has a trail going slightly to the right with the interior trail continuing to the left and up. The final junction is marked with signs, the majority point along the trail you are on (including a sign for Alyard Farm), for the interior trail, however, take the trail that intersects this other one, it is also marked "Alyard Farm", this takes you off the old logging road into some less travelled country.
Approximate timings:
- Alyard Farm to Beechy Head: 1:15
- Beechy Head to Beach Access 1:00
- Beach Access to Alyard Farm (inner route): 0:45
Features
This trail features beaches, birds (Bald eagle, Turkey vulture), forests (Arbutuus and Douglas fir), Petroglyphs at Beechy Head, historical artifacts (Petroglyphs) and marine mammals (Harbour seal, Orca).
Hazards
- some scrambling is required
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