Cream Lake

9.0 km one way.

Terrain: Intermediate

Approximate Elevations (in meters)

Start End Minimum Maximum Gain

570 1260 565 1400 835

Bedwell Lake Trailhead: (350 km from Saanich Hall, 3k on logging roads). Take highway 1 north from Victoria to Nanaimo where it becomes highway 19, continue north to Campbell River where you turn west onto highway 28 (to Gold River). Follow this until you enter Strathcona Provincial Park. Take the Westmin Resources Road and continue until you get around the south end of the lake. Shortly after rounding the south end you will come across a gravel road on your left heading off to the south, turn here and continue to a fork where you go left and up the hill. This section is a bit rough on cars but can be negotiated if driven with care. A short ways after the rough section is the parking area for the trail.

Uses

Backpack	Moderate to strenuous.		Best from late July thru September.
Dayhike	4 boot (moderate to strenuous).		Best from July thru September.

Description

Cream Lake can also be accessed via the Price Creek trail.

Features

This trail features forests, lakes, meadows, mountains and swimming.

Hazards

ladders which must be climbed to get around some obstacles
route-finding skills are required

Comments

The Bedwell Lake access to Cream Lake is currently listed as closed, one must take the much tougher Price Creek trail to reach the lake.

Campsites along the trail

Baby Bedwell Lake	5.0 km		Outhouse Swimming Tent pads	Water is plentiful.
Bedwell Lake	6.0 km	953 meters	Bear cache/wire Fishing Outhouse Swimming Tent pads	Water is plentiful. Water is taken from the lake or, with more effort, from a stream a few hundred meters before the camp.
Cream Lake	9.0 km	1260 meters	Swimming	Water is plentiful.

Water

Water is plentiful from creeks on the route up to Baby Bedwell Lake, otherwise available from the lakes and the occasional creek.

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