We've been wanting to visit the Ancient Forest for years but every time we were driving by it was pouring rain. So what better time to visit than during a hotspell?
We drove to Purden Lake Provincial Park about 60 km east of Prince George and set up our trailer.
Then we continued 60 km more east to the Ancient Forest. The parking lot is situated right next to a construction camp which is odd for a Provincial park. Fire camp? Road works?
But the trail heads into the woods and right away you are in an interior rainforest full of giant cedars.
It was the perfect place to be on a hot afternoon: cool and shady.
The devil's club had all been defoliated by a caterpillar (Leo thinks maybe hemlock looper). We had never seen anything like this before. I blame global warming.
There's a 2.5 km boardwalk that loops around the forest sending you past some really big trees up to 2000 years old. It was pretty busy on a Monday afternoon.
It was a good hike for a hot day as it was mostly shaded. Still we were pretty hot by the end of our walk. We didn't see anyone on the trail till the very end of the hike.
We had a close call at the end of the hike when we heard very large crashing about in the bush right below us. We yelled and it took off down the hill so we never did see if it was a bear or not.
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When we got back to Purden Lake we went for a swim. This was the warmest swim we've had all summer.
Back at the campsite we had to put our down jackets on to stay warm!
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