Kim Creek is a mountain stream that originates high in the mountains of Vancouver Island. It begins its journey in the Twin Jewel Lakes, located on the backside of Mount Juliet. You reach the lakes on the Rooney Lake Main. Follow the highway past Sayward and turn left on the Rooney Lake Main.
Kim Creek starts as a tiny stream that flows through the high alpine bog lands that you will find at the outflow of this creek. This bog is easily reached from the far end of the lake. It is filled with an abundance of wildflowers in the spring and can be walked through quite easily. After leaving the lake, it drops down quite dramatically.
You could follow the road that goes by these lakes, and it would take you down to the Kim Creek Mainline that runs along the Adam River as it flows alongside the highway. Not sure of the status of this road now. It was a good road, not too long ago. We were going to try it out last time we were here, but a flat tire left us with no spare (usually have 2 ) we decided it was best to head home.
The surrounding area of Kim Creek is cave country; the whole area is filled with caves of all sizes and difficulties, from easy to quite hard. Every time we go cave hunting up along the creek, we always find at least one more hole. Quite often, we will find more than we can explore in one day. It’s a beautiful area to hike in, lots of mossy bluffs and very little underbrush in some areas. These mossy places tend to have outcrops of limestone jutting out.
The wildlife here is incredible, lots of elk herds moving about, so you are very likely going to see one. We always see at least one black bear. Last time we were here, we saw two very large and healthy bears. On this visit, I found a bear den; thankfully, no one was home. The bird is quite exciting as well. Plenty of grouse, and the melody of the songbirds was a nice soundtrack for our hike. We also saw lots of eagles, Ravens and one Peregrine Falcon was flying close by, calling out. Perhaps its nest was on the shore of the lake in one of the giant trees.