While the weather was below zero, there a number of fine days for snowshoeing. In that time period, I was on the Bush Lake Trails (3x), the Dogwood Marshes Trails (3x), Lodgepole Lake, Anderson Creek/Hull Hill, and Stake Lake and more outings were planned, but warm weather required adjusting the activities. Better than al the other snowshoe trails, the Bush Lake and Dogwood Marshes Trails … Continue reading →
In the New Year there was lots of snow in both the Bush Lake, Stake Lake, Lac le Jeune, Lodgepole Lake and Dogwood Marshes areas. On a cool day, the Bush Lake North area was the area to see if tracks had been set and if logging in the area had removed some trails. From the parking lot across the Lac le Jeune Road, I … Continue reading →
On a cool morning I snowshoed a route in the Lodgepole Lake area. It had been warm the day before then it went below zero overnight (-9 at the trailhead), so the snow was crunchy and hard, but okay for snowshoeing on stomped-in tracks. Since I know the trails quite well I went out with no particular route in mind, choosing a trail at … Continue reading →
On the last day of the year I cross country skied first then snowshoed a 2.3 hour loop route on the Stake Lake Snowshoe Trails. We followed signed trails – Giant Firs > Marsh > Basalt Bluffs > Lake Trail. The trails were stomped in and in good shape (thanks to Roy and Monika for the trail clearing). This is a scenic route without long … Continue reading →
I snowshoed a route through the upper grasslands of the Lac du Bois Conservation Area up to a series of viewpoints on the southwest side of Clapperton Ridge a few days ago in sunny conditions. Then, I took a group up the same route after a snowfall in greyer conditions. The same route was a bit harder with two snowfalls filling in the tracks. … Continue reading →
On a sunny and cool February day we snowshoed on the Stake Lake Trails. We followed a track along the east side of the lake, then continued on a stomped-in track for a 5.4 km loop route on the Basalt Bluffs and Marsh Trails. There was no wind and it was actually warmer at 1320 m (4330 ft.) at Stake Lake than it was in … Continue reading →
On a cool morning I drove a short way up the Chuwhels Mountain Road (on the way to Lodgepole Lake), but parked at the start of the Walloper Forest Service Road and followed Branch One (a double track) as it headed south through cutblocks and around forested hills. I was able to follow a snowmobile track for about a kilometer, but then I broke trail. I … Continue reading →
On a cold and sunny day in February, there was no wind in the forested hills near Dogwood Marshes and Bush Lake. We went as a group, with a plan to keep moving, snowshoeing on stomped-in tracks in the Bush Lake South area. We stomped for 5 km, following tracks we had done other times. While we were there, we saw no one else, … Continue reading →
On a mild and sunny day at the end of January we snowshoed 6.9 km on trails on the south side of Lac le Jeune. We started at the end of Lac le Jeune Drive and hiked on stomped in trails bearing east to the end of the lake. The sun shone through the firebreak and some smaller cutblocks as we worked our way to … Continue reading →
I snowshoed in the Bush Lake Trails area, a loop route around Bush Hill, a good stomp on established tracks, but also a shortcut (breaking trail), and a single track through a cluttered hillside (deadfall mostly). This was a 4 km outing on a sunny morning. I was pleased to see a trail sign for a name I had used for this trail, starting 4 decades … Continue reading →
