Hiking Distance 8.2km
Hiking Time About 2-3 hrs.
Getting to Vine Creek..
Follow Highway 16 from the lights East 13.3 km to the gated gravel road called Celestine/Snaring Road. Follow this rough road 13.9km to the gate. Observe the In/Out one way driving hours. Continue another 1.7km to the Vine Creek hiking trailhead.The Vine Creek Hike..
Hiking from the road, go a short distance up the trail and then hike to the right, heading uphill.You will hike up a fairly steep trail. Hike accross the creek on a bridge and go up stream. Just before a ford, there is a hiking path that goes to the left, another very short distance back to another bridge. After this little hiking detour, go a very short distance; you will notice a main hiking path once again.
Hiking towards the pass will reveal a small campgroung in the trees to the right.
If you keep hiking, the trail will open up offerring Roche De Smet views.