echo lake. it's been a while.

This weekend we headed up to echo lake near lavington to do a few things; snowmobile, shoot guns, fish, drink beer, and (last but not least) visit wayne and natasha. we did it all. what a great time.


We got set up on the lake a bit later in the afternoon, but packed a lot of awesome into it.

Step 1.  drill a hole.

sunstar silverday. i mean silverstar sunday.

Sunday was sick. I wanted to spend some time with my wife and continue my eternal quest to check out fire watch towers and other adventur-esque locations. Found a way to do it all. It was awesome.

We headed to Silver Star for some hiking. Started off riding the chairlift to the top. that was pretty awesome. At the top, the very 1st thing, was the old fire tower. How sweet it is.

checking off and out another old fire tower

snowshoe saturday at soverign lake

Christine and I haden't been out snowshoeing together yet this year. Today was the day to change that. before a planned rendezvous with some friends in Vernon, we hit up sovereign Lakes to strap the snowshoes on.

We've been here before, and this time we decided to try a new trail.  There was tons of snow, and at the high altitude it hung like polar bears to the trees.

ansewome

christine.  yup, thats her alright.

We were pretty much the only other ones on the trails.  we say 1 dog and 2 people.  we said hi to the dog.

its me

snow ghosty meadow

We finished just in time to make it to the Thai restaurant with perfect timing.  6 km of sweet sweet powder.  We'll have to try and get a few more in this season.

soverign lake snowshoe

with the truck dead in the driveway :( we had to find a cool place we could car to. turns out soverign lake nordic area up near silver star is that place. very car friendly. in a good way. not sure if it's worth the $10/ person to use the trails. the jury is still out on that. Regardless of the co$t, it was a fun day.

There was tons of snow. see... here is christine in it.



i grew this beard...

after walking past this tree

a weird hanging snow hole. not sure if that's the technical name?

these looked like polar bears climbing the trees. maybe not in the picture, but they did. if you squint, it might help you see it

it was a great day. we'll be back. maybe at night, when the paying place is closed. a good trail that had some good ups and downs, but not too crazy. we liked it.

cougar canyon

cliffs of insanity, i mean cougar canyon


i've been up to cougar canyon a few times, so i thought this time i would write it, and add some photos.


looking across coosen's bay to the trail on the other side


the canyon is a popular rock climbing place in Kal park. you can hike through the park or drive to the parking area where the trail begin. we brought our bikes once, but the trail gets a little nutty, so we stashed our bikes in the bush and continued on foot.


looking down from the top. there is a climber in this photo


me on top


about 3/4 of the way in you come to a split in the trail. one way leads down to the base of the 100 foot cliff, the other leads to the top. i like the top way better, but word on the street is that there might be some kinda hiking trail along the bottom of the canyon to oyama. have to check that out sometime.


turtle point, with cougar canyon in the back, near the power lines