Heather Trail

Length:  21.5 km
Condition: Beaten path, easy to follow in summer. Difficult to find in winter.
General Route: Runs from Blackwall Peak, past Big Buck Mountain to Three Brothers.
How to Find: From Highway 3 at Manning Park, drive up the Blackwall Peak Road.  The trail starts from the parking lot.

Trail Description: From the Blackwall Peak parking lot, the trail first of all drops down along Lone Man Ridge to a first col. At this point the trail leaves the old jeep road and contours across the slopes of peak 6500', and eventually reaches the col at the head of Buckhorn Creek. At this location is "Buckhorn Campsite, with tent platforms, an outhouse and water. The trail then climbs up toward Big Buck mountain, contouring over the south ridge of Big Buck mountain. It then climbs through open country and passes south of Three Brothers mountain.