"See www.tfalkchalmers.weebly.com/heathermountain for photos from this hike! Hiking up to the summit of Heather Mountain is a 22km round trip trek, but with the distance brings the best view of Cowichan Lake I've ever seen. Within the first 3 kilometres hiking up the logging roads you are greeted by a completely unobstructed view of almost the entire Cowichan Lake behind you that gets better and better as you continue to gain elevation. Further along the trail where the logging road turns into more of a quad trail you have a view of Heather Campsite and Kissinger Lake as well as the valley heading out towards Nitinat. Soon after this, the trail follows through switchback after switchback until the road and quad trail completely end with a fantastic view of the valley behind, from here the trail is a thin steep overgrown trail until you reach a small pond, filled with lilypads, fallen trees and a few frogs. On a clear day the sky reflects off the pond and through the trees in the background showing just how high up you are, about 1000m. The next section of the hike follows a trail through a kind of swamp, with calm pools of water overflowing downhill into the next and into the ..." — TFalkChalmers • Jun 26, 2016