Time: 10:00AM–12:30PM

David Ryeburn will lead the next SFURA walk on Friday, October 16 at 10:00 AM at Rice Lake.

We will start the walk from Lynn Headwaters Regional Park (the directions to the park are given immediately below). I am also including David's description of the walk. If it rains on Friday, it will be the type of walk that those who wish can carry umbrellas. If you have any questions, you can contact me at c...@sfu.ca .

Directions:

From the Upper Levels Highway take Exit 19, heading North for a short distance on William Ave. Turn right onto Lynn Valley Road which heads northeast. (Those who are going westbound on the Upper Levels Highway can instead take Exit 21, Mountain Highway, driving north on it as far as Lynn Valley Highway and then turning northeast on that. This option is unavailable for eastbound travellers on the Upper Levels Highway.) Pass the approach to Lynn Canyon Park on your right. Do not turn left on Dempsey Road but continue on Lynn Valley Road into Lynn Headwaters Park. The final part of your approach to the park is somewhat winding and narrow, so use caution as you approach the parking lots, of which there are three. Drive past what is called the second overflow lot (the southernmost one). Park in what is called the first overflow lot to the north of the second overflow lot, unless it is full in which case return to the southern one. We will meet in the first overflow parking lot (the northern one) at 10 AM. Another small parking lot at the end of the drivable road is usually full.

We will take the Varley Trail approach route to Rice Lake; this route begins on the west side of Lynn Creek immediately below our parking lot. The trail proceeds south through the woods above Lynn Creek, briefly interrupted by a short stretch along Rice Lake Road, after which it crosses Lynn Creek on a bridge. Then we will continue walking south above the east bank of Lynn Creek, passing the 30 foot Pool where your children may have swum, and passing the Lynn Canyon Park suspension bridge. Just after the suspension bridge a relatively new trail ascends and heads generally north, taking us into the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, where we will circumnavigate Rice Lake, and then head Northwest along the Connector Trail. This continues into Lynn Headwaters Park until we arrive at another bridge crossing the creek leading to the northernmost parking lot, the one we ignored because it was probably full. Nearby are picnic tables for those who bring their lunch. From here we will walk south a short distance on the Varley Trail, leaving it just below our parking lot at the same point where we entered it at the start of the walk.