Hiking the THREE FALLS TRAIL at Manning Park, BC

I'm on the Strawberry Flats trail right now heading to the Three Waterfalls trail because I'd like to see some waterfalls and hoping to see some wildlife although I have to say Manning Park so far haven't seen a whole lot of wildlife yet so fingers crossed. Let's see what's out there. I'm hiking here out on my own. Mel's a little bit worried but she did convince me to bring the bear spray and I've got lots of water with me. I've got a radio and most importantly I have lots of camera equipment. There's a lot of really dead looking trees here through the Strawberry Flats area so I don't know what that's all about. Wouldn't want to see a forest fire come through here that's for sure. Starting to come to the end of the flats. I think I know that because the mosquitoes are getting worse. Crossing a little stream that I saw on the map so that means I'm well on my way to the first falls. Oh and now we're on the ski hill. It's kind of cool. I saw these signs and I'm like whoa this is a lot of like warning signs but it's actually for the ski hill. You know it's funny I'm walking through here thinking I'm doing a great pace you know making good time and of course this couple just like jogs right past me. Gone. It's definitely different levels of speed for people. I always say I really like to walk. I enjoy walking fast but I won't run unless something or someone is chasing me and I better knock on wood because I don't really want someone or something to be chasing me. I just love the silence of the woods. You can hear like nothing except just a couple birds. It's so quiet. Trail's gotten pretty narrow with kind of a steep edge here. Still not really challenging or anything. Got to be aware not to misstep. Maybe not stare into a camera. Maybe watch where I'm walking. You could hear some water up ahead. Looks like I'm at the first falls. Pretty steep edge right behind me but look at that view. We're at Shadow Falls. Nice. The view is a little bit obstructed but uh nice falls. Not quite as cool as Grizzly Falls. Check our other video for that but these are still pretty cool. Well that was only like two minutes and I'm apparently at the next falls. This one is called Napopakan Falls. Oh and I'm just seeing it. This one is actually pretty incredible. It's really far off but it is huge. Partially obstructed by trees and I can see actually the ridge like way above it actually still has some snow and it's July like 7th so pretty high up. It's not far past Napopakan Falls and I can see another waterfall like way way up in the distance. Not sure if that's the third one but uh find out soon enough. Assuming I have time to make it there. I promised Mel that I would be back by a certain time so I definitely don't want to worry her. Have to cross what looks like a little bit of an old rock fall here. Just got a report from the couple that passed me earlier that uh the next waterfall is not far ahead. Feeling optimistic. Now I'm going to watch my footing so I don't fall down there. Oh I'm hearing water and I see a sign. Derek Falls. I see the sign but I can't see the falls. I hear the falls. Oh I can kind of see something through the trees. The viewpoint must be up ahead somewhere. Oh I'm seeing more. The sun is just trying to come out. I've got perfect lighting conditions for these falls. Just trying to find the best vantage point. I think I found it. The third falls is definitely the most impressive so if you're doing this trail be sure to make it all the way to the third one. It's beautiful. Oh boy there's a path down there too. That's really tempting. It's 5 25. I'm five minutes away from my halfway turnaround point but I think I really have to go down there and at least check it out. So I'm like halfway down this super steep technical climb and of course my phone alarm goes off telling me that I'm at the halfway point and I need to turn back so I'm not late. So I'm just gonna have to jog back. I think I can still get pretty close to 6 30 but I really want to head down here and see this waterfall from the bottom. It's just really cool and if you know me you know I just I can't resist doing these kind of things. The one thing I didn't do was check for bears before I came down here. Thankfully we're bear free. It was well worth the climb down. Absolutely stunning. There's this beautiful pool of water that I wish I had my bathing suit on and I could just like jump right in but just a thundering sound. I wish I could stay here a lot longer but I've got to scamper back up that hill and get back to Mel. This is a little bit of a climb going back up. Not exactly scampering. I didn't realize I was like almost at the trail. I thought I was gonna have to climb up to that ridge up there but I was like right here. So now I've got to jog back. I won't run unless something or someone is chasing me. I promised I'd be back between 6 30 and 7 and I think that's still doable. So I couldn't really jog that long. I've got to walk a little bit before I can jog again. But the sun's out. It's beautiful temperature. It's about 10 to 6. I'm pretty confident at this stage I can make it back to the campsite by 7. I'll try not to kill myself by jogging the whole way. As I said before I really prefer walking but you know I will run if I think I'm gonna be late. It's six o'clock and I just made it back to Napopakan Falls and it's been like uphill the whole way. I didn't realize it but it's taking me a lot longer to slog back up. Still trying. So for those that don't know me I was a software project manager for many many years and that's why I'm very schedule oriented. So for me when it comes to schedules and deadlines failure is not an option. So it's time to jog again. I just missed a deer. That's what I get for running through the forest. There was a deer down by the path and he saw me coming and just took right off. This is the spot where the deer was. I am back to the flat part. It is quarter after six. It's gonna be tight. Huge fresh bear poo. Thankfully no bear that I can hear or see but he must have come through here not too long ago. It's now 6 30 and I'm half a kilometer to the parking lot. I need to be back to the campground by seven. Can I do it? You're about to find out. I'm about to find out. Back to the parking lot. So I did just see a deer across the road but I wasn't quick enough with the camera because I was driving and I had to be safe. So it is 6 49. I've made it back just inside of my estimated arrival window. It was a really good hike. Saw three waterfalls, two deer, and that was about it. Did you miss me? Trying to figure out when we should panic. Yeah we were getting ready to call the helicopters. Now I said very specifically I'd be back between 6 30 and seven and it's nowhere near seven yet. No it's close to seven. It's supposed to be close to seven. I still have 10 minutes. That's why I said we were getting ready to panic. So for those that don't know so it is six. Make sure you don't miss the next video by liking, subscribing, and turning on notifications. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you in the next one.