Once you pass Duffy Lake, Highway 99 begins to drop in a long winding descent to Lillooet. The terrain becomes arid. The mountains are lofty and the Fraser river plunges through the center of it all. After a night at the Pemberton Valley Lodge, we hit the road and wasted no time ripping up to the drop in point of Della. The wind was blowing hard and the landscape long and wide open. We were in a new place. I would love to know the back story to the Della Creek trail. It descends at least 3,000 vertical feet of wide open ridge-line terrain. It is extremely well trodden, and obviously has been there a long time. I suspect it originates from horse riders, but I don't know.