When the weather gets hot, I go to higher elevations and do shorter hikes or combine hiking and paddling. On this hot summer day I launched my kayak from the Lodgepole Lake Rec Site and then paddled around the lake, once in each direction. I then secured the boat and hiked single track trails nearby. It was an early start, …Continue reading →
Island Lake lies in the Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area and can be reached by hiking for about 800m on and off trail to the lakeshore. Any effort to paddle the lake will require carrying a boat over the grassland hills. It has probably never had a boat on it. On an early May morning, …Continue reading →
We camped at Horsefly Lake Provincial Park, we padded the lake over 3 days, we hiked to a lookout over the lake, and we hiked another trail to the top of Viewland Mountain. A video on YouTube features some of the sights to be found at Horsefly Lake: