Hanuse Crossing to Port McNeill

Hanuse Crossing to Port McNeill
Bridge, Nimpkish River

Chunks | Vancouver Island Trail Day 26

Start to Finish

Hanuse Crossing to
Port McNeill

Distance

29 km track
28 km route

Time

7h 38m
3.8 km/h

Climb

+447 m | -584 m
-137m

Weather

Average 23ยบ C
Overcast

Highlights

Bear Hill Trail
Restaurant meal

Challenges

Tree falls
Route finding

Scenery

Nimpkish Lake
Dense forest

Rating

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†
A series of overgrown forest roads.
Some tricky bushwhacking navigation between NO-2100 and KP-2210.
Got scratched and scraped when getting around 20+ fallen trees between Highway 19 and the Nimpkish river bridge.
Relaxed and easy after the bridge.


Namgis section
Tree fall between Highway 19 and Kilpala Main
Log jam, Lake Nimpkish
Lake Nimpkish viewed from bridge
Nimpkish River
Cuts from tree fall, Nimpkish River
Forestry road, east of Lake Nimpkish
Tree fall, east of Nimpkish River
Bear Hill Trail
Port McNeill

> Day 27