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Trail Route Ratings:

Easy: Trails are flat and moderately level. Suitable for families and children.

Medium: Trail may be hilly in some areas and slightly more strenuous with some uneven sections. Good shoes are required.

Hard: May not be suitable for running. Includes steep and hilly sections with uneven terrain, and may be slippery in wet conditions. Suitable for experienced hikers.

Gold Mine Trail

Part of an extensive trail network in Goldstream Park, this route will take you through lush temperate rain forest and up past abandoned gold mines to the E&N railway trestle over Niagara Creek. Walking on the trestle can be dangerous and is not encouraged.

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Difficulty	Medium
Distance	6km from the second parking lot to the trestle and back
Approximate time to finish	55min walking 30min running
How to get there	located 16 km northwest of Victoria on southern Vancouver Island on the Trans Canada Hwy (Hwy #1) on the left side of the road, 500 meters before the Goldstream Park turn off. If traffic isn’t clear coming in the opposite direction, continue on to Goldstream Park and turn in and back out onto the highway heading back to Victoria. Turn into the small unmarked parking lot on your right.
What to bring	Running shoes, water bottle, cell phone.
Parking	Parking lot is small and unmarked, directly off the highway. You will see trail with a pole at the entrance.
Washroom facilities	No
Wheelchair access	No
Other info	Since this area isn’t as well visited as the other trails in Goldstream Park, make sure you bring a phone and check the map posted a few minutes into the trail to see where you are going – it’s easy get lost. Also avoid walking on the trestle – there are no hand rails and it is still used by the E&N Dayliner.
Website	Goldstream Park

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