Nadines Travel Blog

  This was an awesome trail, we loved it.  The trail is over 8 kilometres long.  There is a nice lot to park your car for free and the trailhead even has a gate.  Follow the fairly clear trail markers.  We accidentally misinterpreted one and went the wrong way, costing us an extra 45 minutes and a steep unsafe trail we should not have been on.  No broken bones, so all was good. The trail is fairly uneventful at first and meanders along as you walk toward the mountains in the distance.  The trail takes you up to the highest peak behind the one that you see in the photo. The rocks are on an angle. Once up close to the rockfaces, you can see why they named this the Badlands.  The mountain was pushed up by tectonic plates at a very weird angle which makes for interesting pictures. Once you get into the canyon it eventually narrows in several places for some very interesting walks.  If you are in the least bit claustrophobic you may not like this...

  We left our timeshare late in the day and arrived at the trailhead at 2:00 pm and 30 degrees in the heat of the day and this was a mistake.  This trail is littered with large dark boulders and rocks and they radiate heat, bringing up the trail's temperature even more.  There is absolutely no shade on this trail at this time of day.  I would have enjoyed this trail more if it wasn't so hot.  Hiking up to the first peak was ok but then moving onto the second peak, the heat started to get to me.  There isn't a breeze on this trail until you climb over the second peak. Sun rays blasting the photo on the top left corner.  It was HAWT! Darren is in the middle of the photo trying to secure some non-existent shade. Darren is in the middle of this photo. There is free parking on the road and it is not busy because the mountain makes it a dead end.  No dogs are allowed on this trail and it was not that busy with humans either. The views are great! Some be...