Total Horizontal Distance: 12.7 km
Beginning Elevation: 14 m
Max Elevation: 96 m
Total Elevation Gain: 800 m
Time: 6h 30 min
In total 12 hikers made it out for the day, including three guests. I'm normally not one to obsess about the weather, heck I grew up in Nanaimo! I, like many from the area am acclimated to the region. I don't walk with and umbrella, I don't spend much time looking at the forecast, however, as a trip leader things are different! The days leading up to the trip, I checked the weather at least once a day The night before the trip I awoke to the sound of driving rain beating against my window and roof. The wind was howling as it buffeted my windows. I was worried that I would awake to discover a dozen emails, sending regrets
