Trip 241 - April 29, 2022 (Friday)Cliff Gilker Park VisitOff BC Highway 101 on Sunshine Coast Between Gibsons and Sechelt
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Cliff Gilker Park Location:
BC Sunshine Coast, off Highway 101, approximately 12 km South of
Sechelt, and 12 km North of Gibsons. Liked: Two very fine waterfalls, numerous pleasant easy paths in the forest, creek canyon (as small as it is), several spots of spectacular mess of fallen trees and debris in the creek, shade, no bugs.
Of Note: Uneven ground on trails, exposed rocks and roots, noise from Highway 101 in some parts of the park, several trails and bridges are closed due to storm damage. Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Backroad Mapbook (5th edition) Park Coordinates: Page 10 (Gibsons) B6. Related Website: Cliff Gilker Park - Sunshine Coast Regional District Official Website. Cliff Gilker Park is a large wooded area located on BC Sunshine Coast in Roberts Creek area just off Highway 101 halfway between Gibsons and Sechelt. It is Sunshine's Coast answer to Vancouver's Pacific Spirit Park, in that both of these parks are quite big, have a whole lot of long and short intersecting trails, and feature pretty much the same kind of vegetation. Cliff Gilker Park has fewer people than Pacific Spirit, and also features two very neat waterfalls - a small and a small-to-medium size ones. The park map actually shows four waterfalls, but we only found two. Also, if you are a fan of spectacular messes left by fallen trees and other debris, Cliff Gilker Park got you covered, as there are several very, very messy spots in the creek canyon, which is quite shallow and narrow, but, nonetheless. Once you enter into the woods from the parking lot, the first waterfall is right there, only a few hundred meters away. The second (smaller) one is about 600 meters away, and you would need to walk clockwise along the creek to get to it in the quickest way possible. Finally, and it certainly won't fly in Vancouver (sorry to say), but Cliff Gilker Park has a free standing AED machine just sitting in a box on an outside wall of a building in the parking lot. So, if you are driving between Gibsons and Sechelt, or visiting the park, and all of a sudden need an AED, there is one waiting for you right there 24/7/365. 1. Here is a Google Map of Cliff Gilker Park.
2. We are Northbound on BC Highway 101, with Gibsons about 12 km behind us, and Sechelt 12 km ahead, getting ready to turn right to Cliff Gilker Park.
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