Trail: Bosumarne Falls
Date completed: July
Distance: 2.5 km
Elevation: Approximately 250 m
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Distance from Vancouver: Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes
Directions: Click here for Google maps
Adults: 2
Ages of Children: 5,7,10, 13
Stroller friendly: No
Dog friendly: Yes
Bathrooms: No
Cell Service: No
Time to complete: 1.5 hours
Jellybean rating: 2
You’ve read about a few of our favourite hikes up Chilliwack Lake Road: Teskey Rock, Chilliwack Lake, Greendrop Lake, Salmon Ridge trail, and Lindeman Lake!
We now have another to add on that list of favourites, and it’s a good one!
While there are currently no signs at Bosumarne Falls there are definitely some in the works to make finding it a bit easier. In the meantime, we’ll give you some detailed directions here!
Bosumarne Falls is located almost at the end of Chilliwack Lake road. When you’re at Vedder Bridge reset your odometer. Drive towards Chilliwack Lake and when you get to the 37 km mark (roughly) you’ll see a hydro pole with “2017” spray painted on it on the left hand side of the road. Park across the street on the road. **If you hit Paulsen rd you’ve gone too far. The trailhead is right before then.
There is a very obvious trail that starts right off the road. There will be a lovely rock cairn there to greet you, but the gal in the sparkly jacket came home with us:)
The trail starts out open and is very clear to follow. If you like daisies you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the number of them here depending on what time of year you go.
The trail curves to the left and becomes a bit denser. It’s quite overgrown but the trail is still easy to make out.
Be sure to make lots of noise as part of your bear safety routine! I gave my kids 10 seconds to make as much noise as possible every so often on the trail. It scared away bears (and the poor guy behind us on the trail), but I always have bear bangers and bear spray just in case. You can get both of these things just before you head up Chilliwack Lake Road in Garrison at Mt. Waddingtons Outdoors!
Once you reach the forest the dense trail opens up and you’re at an amazingly wonderful teepee! Give the kids a little bit of time to explore here-it’s seriously cool!
You can either take a right on the trail to go to the Upper Bosumarne Falls or you can veer left to the Lower Bosumarne Falls.
The Lower Bosumarne Falls is small but impressive for kids!
To get to Bosumarne falls go back to the teepee and take the trail that heads up the mountain.
At the top of an incline, you’ll reach a bridge. It looks a little daunting but it is grated and does have some good grip to it. Take it nice and slow.
This is the steep part of the trail, but there is lots there to make it fairly easy to navigate.
Once you hit the top of the trail…you’re there!!
Jellybean Rating Summary for Bosumarne Falls
This is an awesome, short hike to do with kids that provides loads for them to see. If you don’t feel like heading all the way up to the falls you can go to the lower falls, but Bosumarne Falls itself is well worth the trip.
This area doesn’t have service at all but because of how short it is it’s a nice way to explore hiking without service to build confidence! Make sure you’re prepared: packed properly, told someone a trail plan, read the directions, and downloaded the Jellybean Rating.
Make a day of it and go check out Chilliwack Lake afterwards. There’s a lot of beauty in this valley and SO much space to explore!
Have fun and happy adventuring!