True Patriot Love - BC's Hidden Gem： Trail To Cheakamus Lake 🌲💧 A Peaceful Forest Hike #shorts

00:00:00.000 okay some of the biggest trees i have ever seen in my life in this forest just have a look around

00:00:12.720 this is incredible prehistoric we've been traveling through british columbia seeing some pretty

00:00:19.440 incredible places but sometimes the best way to see a province is to get out of the truck

00:00:24.960 and just start walking. This is the trail to Chicamas Lake inside Garibaldi Provincial Park

00:00:30.800 just south of Whistler and if you're looking for one of those hikes where you don't have to climb

00:00:35.200 a mountain to get an incredible payoff well I'd have to say this is it. From the trailhead it's

00:00:40.480 about three kilometers to the lake and the trail takes you straight into classic British Columbia

00:00:45.840 old growth forest. Huge trees, moss covered ground, mountain streams and that incredible quiet you get

00:00:52.880 once you've walked far enough into the forest that everything else starts to disappear.

00:00:58.000 What's surprising about this trail is how accessible the hike itself feels.

00:01:01.760 There isn't some enormous climb to get here. You basically follow the valley through the

00:01:05.760 forest surrounded by mountains and then the forest starts to open up and this is the payoff.

00:01:12.160 As promised at the end of the trail there was a surprise and here it is. Have a look.

00:01:18.560 Chicamas Lake, a glacier-fed mountain lake sitting more than 900 meters above sea level.

00:01:24.400 Surrounded by mountains rising dramatically above the shoreline,

00:01:27.800 the water has that incredible blue-green color you find only in glacier-fed lakes.

00:01:34.460 But what I really like about this place is how quickly you can go from one of Canada's busiest tourist destinations to this.

00:01:42.140 No traffic, no buildings, just mountains, forests, and water.

00:01:47.620 It's another reminder of what makes British Columbia so spectacular.

00:01:51.680 Sometimes you have to get off the highway, get out of the truck, and walk the last few kilometers.

00:01:56.740 Because this, this is Canada.

True Patriot Love - August 09, 2026