A Baby, A Bucket List, and a Birthday - The Slesse Memorial Trail.
Slesse in Spring Question : How long does it take to walk 6 km? Answer : 6 Years! Yes, that is how long it took me to finally complete one of the finest hikes in the Chilliwack area of British Columbia, Canada. Slesse Mountain is an imposing peak of 2439 m at the northern end of the Cascades as the range nudges its way into Canada from the United States. On the 9th of December 1956 Trans Canada Airline Flight 810 disappeared while on a flight from Vancouver to Calgary. Five months later climbers found the crash site near the third peak of Slesse Mountain. In 1995 a 586 hectare reserve was created around the crash site. Some recovered debris from the crash, including one part of a propeller, are gathered in a heap of stones appropriately named the Propeller Cairn and constitutes the end of the Slesse Memorial Trail. The trail ascends 940 metres, from 660 metres at the trailhead to 1600 metres at the Propeller Cairn, and traverses a distance of approximately 6.5 k...