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Adams River Trail

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In early spring I drove out the North Shuswap Road to the Wade Road Trailhead ad hiked north on the Adams River Trail in Tsutswecw Park.    After the forest fires of 2023, the trails were closed and some are still not yet open.    The trail going north has been cleared of fallen or danger trees up to the Adams River Gorge.    At the north end of the Gorge there are fallen trees across the trail and the route ahead didn’t look promising.   I looped back on the upper trail, a wide path through the burned forest.    The hike was about 5 km, taking about 1.75 hours (with a number of side trips to see the river).

A rocky single track trail climbs up through the bluffs overlooking the narrowest part of the river.

We used to hike a long way up the river and then back down, but for now it is nice to be able to get back to part of the Adams River Trail.   We have hiked the trail south from Wade Road too and it is possible to hike all the way down the river, although some of the side trails are still being cleared.

Some photos (with captions) from this hike are shared here in a Google Photos Album (link) – Adams River (North) Hike

The album is also embedded here as a slideshow:

A return hike to wander on south end of the trails is planned for this spring.

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In the last part of October I journeyed out to the North Shuswap Road and then parked at the Wade Road area in Tsutswewc Provincial Park.     This pull-off is on the north side of the road after crossing the bridge across Adams River.  Most hikers go upriver from this spot, but there is a trailhead sign for a trail that goes under the bridge, then continues downriver toward the main spawning area and continues down toward the southeast end of the park near Shuswap Lake. The upper end of the trail has many burned trees from the forest fire of 2023.   Danger trees have been cleared, but there are still a number of deciduous trees (cottonwoods, aspens, birch) still … Continue reading →