Dropped off at the end of the Gwendoline Hills hike from Wednesday Lake at 0 mins.

Another look back up the trail toward Wednesday Lake at 0.9 mins.

Looking from bright into the dark trailhead across the road at 1.1 mins.

The alternative start is the over-growing small gravel pit down Malaspina Road (left) at 1.5 mins.

Another attempt at seeing the dark entrance at 1.8 mins.

Ahh, the trailhead sign shows up at 2.1 mins.

Dead fall at the first step at 2.5 mins.

Dead fall pushed down, it was very fresh at 3.2 mins.

Further deadfall deeply imbedded in the soft ground. Not a place to stay during a wind storm at 3.6 mins.

Cool, quiet start at 3.9 mins.

Now make progress after a 10 minute break to adjust the equipment at 13.5 mins.

Ferns growing up on the top ridge of the gravel pit, the alternative trailhead off Malaspina Rd. at 16.4 mins.

Along the top of the gravel pit at 17.3 mins.

Trail under a lighter canopy at 18.8 mins.

Ferns in the cool woods at 21.1 mins.

Track from logs being dragged out at 23.5 mins.

View (right) up into logging clear cut at 23.8 mins.

Old logs fresh cut (left down logging track) at 24.1 mins.

Green moss hangs above the ferns at 25.1 mins.

Growth on the tree side provides nest for moss at 25.4 mins.

KM 22 at 27.4 mins.

Big Fir at 30.8 mins.

Looking up the big fir at 31.2 mins.

Looking up the big fir at 31.7 mins.

Looking up another big one at 33.2 mins.

Fern Creek Picnic Area at 33.6 mins.

The little water of Fern Creek during a low water spring at 34.2 mins.

Table and fire ring at Fern Creek at 34.6 mins.

Another view of Fern Creek at 36.7 mins.

Logs cut just right for the trail at 38.5 mins.

KM 22.5 at 39 mins.

Old iron wheel, signs of yesteryear\'s logging, under the ferns at 43.2 mins.

Another view of the wheel under the ferns at 43.5 mins.

The wheel through the axle with the vegetation moved out of the way at 43.8 mins.

Trail continues traversing up at 44.6 mins.

Climbing up as the light filters through at 44.8 mins.

Dead fall on the trail ascending at 45.5 mins.

KM 23 at 50.8 mins.

Bucket hung out to dry at 54.1 mins.

Junction (go left) at 56.4 mins.

View down the wrong way (to the right) at 56.8 mins.

View ahead (to the left) at 57.1 mins.

Tags, flags and signs to the left at 57.4 mins.

Beginning the descent at 61.6 mins.

KM 24 at 66.8 mins.

Filtered views of Okeover Inlet at KM 24 at 67.6 mins.

Clear cut provides great views up Okeover at 71.1 mins.

More Okeover at 71.4 mins.

Rock hard path at 73.9 mins.

Rock hard path to the logging road, short but solid at 77.4 mins.

View up Okeover, Desolation Sound (left, the wrong way on the logging road) at 78 mins.

Down the logging road on the temporary descent (take the firs logging road left and watch for the right turn down onto the trail from there) at 79.4 mins.

The permanent trail is marked with flags but it is full of trash for now (use the logging road) at 84.4 mins.

The trail will return here at 84.7 mins.

There used to be, and will again be, a trail here at 85 mins.

More logging trash on trail at 85.3 mins.

More logging trash at 86.7 mins.

And more trash at 88.1 mins.

The far end of the easier route on the logging roads at 91.1 mins.

But I missed it and continued down this trash to the far corner at 92.1 mins.

Ended up here looking up, sweating in the heat (so much hotter than under the canopy) at 100.9 mins.

Climbed back up to the logging road and found the turn down on to the trail at 108.6 mins.

Looking back along the piles set for burning along the temporary best path at 108.8 mins.

On the trail down at 109.5 mins.

One big lonely tree at 109.8 mins.

The few hardwood trees remain at 110.1 mins.

Returning, at last, to the relative refreshing cool of the woods at 112.8 mins.

Ten degrees cooler, ahh! at 113.3 mins.

And Plummer Road is not far past the logging area at 114.7 mins.

The foot bridge onto Plummer Road at 127.3 mins.

Looking across Plummer Road to the turn around or two car parking spot that leads to that trailhead at 127.6 mins.