Adventure & Outdoors
Scramble Up Mount Finlayson
Short, steep and just sketchy enough at the top that you'll naturally steady each other on the slabby rock.
Goldstream Provincial Park (Finlayson Arm Road trailhead), Langford
More infoAdventure & Outdoors
Short, steep and just sketchy enough at the top that you'll naturally steady each other on the slabby rock.
Goldstream Provincial Park (Finlayson Arm Road trailhead), Langford
More infoMount Finlayson is for people who want to feel they earned the view rather than drove to it. One of the steepest hikes near Victoria packs a summit into 3.5 km return from Goldstream Park, with an upper stretch where walking gives way to hands-on rock scrambling. That's the secret: it's slabby enough that you'll instinctively spot each other on the tricky bits. Save it for a dry day.
This is the earn-the-view leg: about 3.5 km return out of Goldstream, with an upper stretch above the treeline where you trade walking for hands-on rock scrambling and instinctively spot each other on the slabs. Save it for a dry day, wet rock here is no fun, wear grippy shoes, and park at the day-use lot by the bridge; budget 2 to 2.5 hours. Up top, Bear Mountain and the Strait stack on the horizon, with legs left for a celebratory pint.
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