McKenzie Bight

1.1 km one way.

Terrain: Gentle

Elevations (in meters)
Start:	153	End:	0
Minimum:	0	Maximum:	153
Net Gain:	153	Cumulative Gain:	164

Mt Work Trailhead: (10 km from Saanich Hall). Drive north from Victoria on BC#17, take the Royal Oak exit, turning left on Royal Oak Drive. Turn right on West Saanich Road and continue until you come to Wallace Drive (on your left, just past a barn market). Follow this to Willis Point Road on your left which you take until you see the Mt Work turnoff sign on the left side of the road. Park in the Mt Work parking area a short ways down this road.

Facilities available at the trailhead include:

Toilets and/or outhouses

Uses

Dayhike	1 boot (easy).	Suitable all year.
Horseback	Unrated.	Suitable all year.
Mountain biking	Easy.	Suitable all year.

Description

Route back can be either:

a. Up the same trail you came down.

b. Up the same trail taking the second trail on the right (somewhat obscure). This will lead over a small bridge and along past a waterfall. This is a steep trail with wooden stairs which can be slippery if wet or covered with leaves. This trail leads to a junction with the trail to Elbow Point/Joycelyn Hill, turn to the left to return to the vehicles.

c. Along the main trail taking the third trail on the right. This is a more well defined trail which is somewhat steep but not as bad as "b" above. Leads to the same trail described in "b" above.

Features

This trail features beaches, ferns (Western Sword-fern), forests (Arbutus, Douglas-fir and Western red cedar) and waterfalls.

Comments

This trail is often done in conjunction with Mt Work, Elbow Point or Jocelyn Hill.

Last hiked:July 26, 2009

Other trails in Gowlland-Tod Provincial Park

Elbow Point
Gowlland Range/Jocelyn Hill
Gowlland Tod
Gowlland Tod/Mt Work
Holmes Peak
Jocelyn Hill (from Caleb Pike)
Jocelyn Hill (from McKenzie Bight)
Partridge Hills to Todd Inlet
Ridgetop Trail, Elbow Point, South Shore Trail Loop

Trail-conditions

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