HIKE UP VALENTINE MOUNTAIN

It’s perfect, isn’t it? Only a quick stroll and you’re there, on a mountaintop. All you needed was the will to go.
It’s easy to forget what a treasure we have, nestled so close to our home. Wild moments waiting for us…
Close to the heart.

I love Valentine Mountain.

It’s unmistakable. You can feel it in the air… Summer is here. Summer… and something else.
Along with the burgeoning season of fun in the sun, surely, inexorably, they’re back. Those mean-spirited, striped, flying jerks – yellow jackets! ARGH! There’s likely one plotting this very moment to harass you the second you step outdoors with food. Typical. And just like their appearance every year, so too is it inevitable that you, or someone close to you, will get stung – and now we arrive at my point.

Hike up Valentine Mountain – This 20-minute hike in Cranberry up 265 metres to the summit of Valentine Mountain offers stunning vistas over the Historic Townsite, Up Powell Lake and across Cranberry Lake. Bring a picnic, you’ll want to stay a while in this tranquil setting.