Brothers Creek

On Sunday morning we started the hike with five BOC members from the Millstream Road in West Vancouver. The weather was good with some clouds. A large sign showed that the two bridges across the Brothers Creek at the Crossover Trail and the Baden Powell Trail were closed (or destroyed). We therefore decided that we only would do a loop with Lost Lake and Blue Gentian Lake and return via the Fire Road. At the end of the Fire Road is a bridge crossing the Brothers Creek and connect with the Brothers Creek Trail. However, we continued our hike via the Lost Lake Trail to, not surprisingly, Lost Lake. This trail was challenging because several large trees had been blown-over and required climbing over or crawling under. The trail from Lost Lake to Blue Gentian Lake had in addition to blown-over trees also some creeks we had to ford. At Blue Gentian Lake we stopped for lunch and after lunch we followed the Brothers Creek trail back to the bridge that connect to the Fire Road and stopped here for the groups photo. We continued our return via the Fire Road back to the cars. We all enjoyed this hike on a sunny day, including scrambling over and under several large trees and fording some small creeks.

Gerard Laman.