| This enchanting nature walk was made in 2005 by Karl Huber as a gift to his wife's garden. Karl used a small backhoe to build a trail following the natural formation of the rock. Unfortunately there was no gravel on the mountain so Karl transported gravel from the quarry with his backhoe up the mountain and unloaded each bucketful by hand. This was necessary for stability because the larger rocks had to be placed first followed by the smaller. As he was accomplishing this project he tried to do as little environmental damage as possible. Such as not blasting and leaving windfall and natural debris on the forest floor in its natural state. The forest that you will be strolling through is all second growth for it was logged in the early 1900's and flourishes with trees over 80+ years old. They make way for the magnificent height of the rock walls where you will find them covered with a blanket of moss and cascading with ferns. In this BC rainforest there is an abundance of native plants. The forest floor is continually changing from season to season and just walking through is nourishment for the body and soul. |
| Circa 1961 Born in Austria in 1943, Karl arrived in Canada in 1964. He purchased this property in 1969 and built his first home for his wife Darlene in 1973. Unfortunately there were a series of floods between 1975 - 1990 that made them decide to move to higher ground. In 1992 Karl took on the huge task of hauling gravel for three years for the new site on which they built their second home. During the five years from 1995 - 2000 that Karl custom built their home, Darlene was lovingly creating this paradise. |
| Karl and Darlene Huber standing beside their dump truck and loader that they used to haul gravel from 1992 - 1995 |
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