This interesting low-to-medium elevation trail provides access to a wilderness river valley at a point many miles upstream from its mouth at the Fraser.

From the end of Old Tete Jaune Road, take the Tete Jaune-Croydon Forest Road north for about 9.5 Kilometers to a "Y" sign, then turn left onto the Kiwa Forest Road. After crossing a bridge and cattleguard, Keep right at the next intersection and follow the road up the valley of the west fork of the Kiwa River.

At Km. 19, where a tributary stream flows down a gravelly outwash across the valley, look for the ruins of a dam built in the 1920's by the Etter & MacDougall Sawmill Company. The floodgates were opened every spring to flush logs down the river after the winter's log harvest had been placed on the ice and on gravel bars along the river. Park where the road begins to deteriorate - it has been used as a winter road as recently as March 1994 but its summer condition may be poor - and continue on foot. At km. 28, turn right on a spur road and park at the end, in the middle of a clear-cut logging block. At the far end of the logged area a trail leads into the woods and down the slope to the old Kiwa- Raush connecting road. Continue along this old road down a switchback and past a trapper's cabin at a second switchback. The old road is OK for hiking or for a long canoe portage down to the Raush River marshes from where the river may be reached. It is approximately 4 kilometers to the valley floor from the end of the driveable road. If canoeing, beware of a logjam stuck on the upstream end of an island, at the foot of a long rapid near the river's mouth. A good plan might be to portage your canoe along a road on the right side of the river, then bring it down the steep wooded slope to an eddy beside the logjam, where you can continue safely down to the Fraser River & thence to McBride. As with all river canoeing, it is advisable to know the hazards before you start down the river. The day before I did this run I hiked up Raush Valley Road and hung my red fleece jacket in a bush on shore to warn of the logjam ahead.

Allow a full day for this exploration.