Valley Crossover Loop

An early start today (Sat Oct 5th) with the goal of completing the Valley Crossover Loop.  It's approximately 13km that uses two side trails to complete a loop with two sections of the main trail on opposite sides of Beaver Valley.

We started at the parking lot of Beaver Valley Ski Club.  It was a bright, crisp morning with a touch of frost lingering in shady spots and lots of dew everywhere including on this spider web:

The trail winds up along the edge of Beaver Valley Ski Club trails before turning left into abandoned orchards and fields.  After a short stretch of road walk along County Rd 30, it's back into the woods and there are several small crevices and waterfalls along the way. 

There are quite a few cottages and ski chalets scattered around.  One we saw had a 'bunkie' built from an old railway caboose.  It must have been quite a business to get it to this location as the road is a steep summer-only gravel road:

Then, it's across the valley to the east side where the trail follows the escarpment edge quite closely.  Lots of fungi in these woods:

We saw no other hikers all day ... and yet it's prime time!