In the third week of March we returned to the Dewdrop Range to hike a loop route over Dewdrop Ridge.    We started on the Frederick Road at the first pull-off on the right.   A single track trail goes across the low damp area and then winds up the ridge, and becomes the Bluebird Trail.    At about 0.6 km from the start, an unsigned junction is reached.   An old double track bears south (left turn) and climbs to the top of the ridge.  At the southern rim a trail goes east and west.

Views from the Rim Trail extend to Battle Bluff, Kamloops Lake, and to the east the Thompson River Estuary.

We hiked east for better views of Cooney Bay and up the river toward Kamloops, then we returned back along the trail and enjoyed views southwest to Kamloops Lake and beyond.

Our route went west along the single track, then wound down the trail until it joined the Battle Bluff Trail.    We went north until the signed junction with the Bluebird Trail, which we followed back to the start to complete a 4.2 km hike.   This is one of our favorite hikes and we try to do some combination of trails including the Rim Trail in 3 seasons each year.