Vedder Mountain Hiking Trail, Chilliwack, BC

Distance: 11.5 Km

Time: 6 Hours

Elevation Gain: 372m (1220 feet)

Difficulty: Medium. Pleasant yet uphill forest hike. Not overly strenuous but long enough with enough slope to require a reasonable fitness level to manage it.

Best time to go: May to October

Description: Vedder Peak is a pleasant forest hike. Views along the hike are overgrown so there's no real view until you get to the top of Vedder Peak . Log ladders are near the top near the summit. A nice relatively low elevation (high point 945m / 3100 ft), early-season hike.

How to get there: Drive East on Trans Canada Highway 1 and take exit 119A ( Sardis ). Drive through Sardis on Vedder road and go over the Vedder River Bridge. Turn left at the stoplights towards Cultus Lake. Just before you get to Cultus Lake turn right onto a wide gravel road called Parmenter road. After 600m go right on Vedder Mountain Forest Service Road . After another 600m go left at the fork. Stay on this road, heading uphill, driving through deep drainage ditches across the road (you have to have a 4x4 or you have no chance of making it) for 3km to the trailhead signpost. Park on the side of the gravel road. Walk up the old overgrown dirt road and take the first left.

See event description on calendar page for pre-departure meeting place for when the club is doing this hike next.

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