Length - 8.6 km
Elevation - 272 m
Time - 3 hours 24 minutes
Sorry for being a week late and missing two posts. We had issues coming back from Germany and arrived about 48 hours late back in Winnipeg. Dealing with that, catching up on sleep, and preparing/hiking on the long weekend left us with little time to get a Tuesday post up, let along one last week. We are back now fortunately!
Trail Map for the hike
This was a fairly easy hike, the only challenge was the heat. The trail is a section of the Trans-Canada trail the starts at the Jessica Lake Lodge. The trail is well kept and about 6 feet across. The footing is gravel along pretty much the entire length of it.
Tiny flowers we saw along the way
Rainbow Falls was a pretty area, though it is very popular. There is a campground with a store right by it and it is a popular area to go swimming. We hung out at the falls for about an hour, enjoying the water and having some lunch.
View from the top
Our group hanging out at the top of the falls
The swimming area
The hike had a few benches along the way and some nice views of Jessica lake to the east. All in all it was a good wrap up hike for the Brereton Lake weekend.
In Roslyn's words:
This trail was pretty nice, not overly difficult, but also not anything super exciting. The waterfall at the end however is quite spectacular. If you do not want to do the hike, there is a parking lot right at the falls where you can just enjoy Rainbow falls. There were some children swimming in the area as well as someone fishing close by which was not super comforting. It is not an overly safe area for small children to swim as there are some strong currents and it does look like people often fish close the the same area, leaving the possibility for lost fishing hooks underfoot. It is however a great place to go see and explore and I would recommend a visit.
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