Early risers are treated to spectacular sunrises:

The trails on Hornby tend to snake their way through mossy beds and groves of hemlock, Douglas Fir and Cedar:

The trails on Hornby have a neat history. Most of them are mantained by mountain bikers for mountain bikers. Cycling is an all-powerful force in these parts:

There are some 30 or so designated trails over about 500 acres (I estimate) of public forest land. All trails tend to radiate from the 1,000 foot bluffs that overlook Denman and Vancouver Islands:

Seemingly endless twisty, turny singletrack winds almost hypnotically through moss-covered woods:

sometimes inducing the odd hallucination (I only counted 3 ...):

Here I am taking reeling in yet another turn

After a day of trailriding, an added bonus ... Hornby's beaches don't suck!