Start: At a large parking area 19 km west of Turner Valley at the end of 450 Ave. From the crossroads in the centre of Turner Valley head south on Main St. for about 300 m and turn left onto Decalta Rd. After crossing the Sheep River arrive at a T-junction. Turn right onto 16 Ave. Follow this for about 1.7 km and bear left onto 208 St. Head south for 1.8 km and turn right onto 450 Ave which soon becomes a narrow and sometimes winding gravel road. After 13.7 km the road ends at the parking area.

Difficulty: Mostly easy hiking with the exception of the short hike through a cutblock and a steep pull up onto the ridge. There is no trail once you cross the logging road which is likely to have been rehabilitated in the next couple of years. See sketch map

Note: From the gate head down the logging road (which follows the cutline) for about 430 m. As the logging road bears left, watch for the cutline continuing straight on. Where you go next will depend on whether the logging road has been rehabilitated.

1. If the logging road has been rehabilitated keep following a good trail along the cutline to a creek crossing. Climb the bank beyond the creek bearing left into the large meadow. Keep close to the trees on the left where there are bits of cow trail and cross the rehabilitated logging road. Head down the left-hand side of the meadow to the obvious entrance to a valley. A good trail, muddy in a few places takes you to the logging road mentioned under "Difficulty" and the climb up onto the ridge.Here is a track log of this option

2. If the logging road has not been rehabilitated, continue on the logging road, bearing right at a logging road junction just after a creek crossing. Cross another creek and arrive in a large meadow. Start #1comes in from the right.

Named after Billy Channell (note the two ells), son of England’s Lord Chief Justice, who lived at the south end of the ridge near the Highwood River and ran a sawmill in Ings Creek in the early 1900s.