The first part of the trail is snowless. After Margaret Creek patchy snow. At the main Base Camp at Della Falls , there must be 5m of snow+ Ice. Della Falls and Love Lake are still frozen. Everything up high will take time, it will be a few weeks yet till the falls start. B C Parks said they will fix the damaged bridge with a new Cable Car crossing, maybe in August. When done it should be lots of fun for everyone.
Anybody that has recently hiked the Della Falls Trail and would like to share their trail report, please email it to info@ArkResort.com
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May 06, 2010 / Trail Reports
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Mar 05, 2010 / Trail Reports
The head of the lake is ice-free.
Very little snow on the first 7 km of the trail. After that the trail is unknown.
Lots of snow up high.
If the weather stays mild, the flow from Della Falls will start soon.
We will post another report as soon as we have more information.
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Sep 17, 2009 / Trail Reports
We left the Ark at 6:30 am. Started on the trail at 7:30 am. We should have put bug stuff on right a way, next time. We didn’t go across the bridge that is out, we crossed about 400 m above the bridge in 1/3m of water. Made Della camp at around 4pm. Day 2 up to Love lake, a steep hike but the best view of every thing around. We went back down at 4:30 pm to our camp at Della Falls. Day 3 Up and on the way out at 9:00 am. We had lunch down on the river at Margaret Creek another great spot to stop. Made it back in time for a swim before the water taxi picked us up at 5:00pm. We will be back to go to Septimus and Rosseau and maybe Della Lake.
The Four from Victoria.
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Aug 17, 2009 / Trail Reports
Leaving the Ark Resort 6:30am. Great Central Lake was flat calm.
The first 6k on the trail, lots of Bugs, but if you use lots of bug stuff it`s ok.We had lunch at Good camp, Then up to Della camp. A great shower under the Falls.
Next day up to Love Lake The Best View of every thing around. The lake is warm for swimming . A few Black Flys. Made camp at Love Lake, the only spot there.
Day three, leaving Love Lake at 7:30am. The Best View of Della Falls the early morning Sun. Made it back down the trail to Good camp. What a nice place to have lunch+a cold beer. Back to the west end of Great Central at 4pm.
We have had a very good time. B.C. parks could do a lot better to maintain the trail.
- John & Bev, Courtenay.
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Jun 30, 2009 / Trail Reports
We started hiking at 11.30 am. from the start of trail to Della. Arrived at the camping area at the base of the falls at 5.30 pm.
There are still many trees across the trail ,but it was easily passable. There is no snow on the trail. Crossing the creek were the bridge is out is relatively easy. The water is roughly 3 ft. at the deepest . The Falls had lots of water coming down.
The hike back took about 5 hours . To cross the creek one should have a rope to be safe. About 30m would be lots.