We made an attempt to hike in to Kokanee Glacier Park on Sunday. We've been waiting for the conjunction of good weather, an available day, color in fall larch trees and no snow. Sunday came about as close as we're going to get this fall. The parking lot at Gibson's Lake was snow covered as was the trail up the hill to Kokanee Lake. In some places, there was almost a foot of snow although the trail was easy enough to walk on. The lake was as far as we got; crampons and an ice axe would have been needed to make going further safe because we would have had to cross a steep slope above the open lake water with quite hard snow. We decided to turn back. We did meet 3 young guys with skiis, heading up to the Glacier in hopes of getting in a few turns. Also another 2 young fellows in sneakers and shorts.
On the way back down the hill to the highway, we did a short hike in the Old Growth Forest and the Cedar Grove. We could have managed a bit more sun because it's quite dark in the woods there, making pictures a bit difficult, but it was a nice walk in the woods. Interesting little fungi growing on the decaying wood.
We made an attempt to hike in to Kokanee Glacier Park on Sunday. We've been waiting for the conjunction of good weather, an available day, color in fall larch trees and no snow. Sunday came about as close as we're going to get this fall. The parking lot at Gibson's Lake was snow covered as was the trail up the hill to Kokanee Lake. In some places, there was almost a foot of snow although the trail was easy enough to walk on. The lake was as far as we got; crampons and an ice axe would have been needed to make going further safe because we would have had to cross a steep slope above the open lake water with quite hard snow. We decided to turn back. We did meet 3 young guys with skiis, heading up to the Glacier in hopes of getting in a few turns. Also another 2 young fellows in sneakers and shorts.
On the way back down the hill to the highway, we did a short hike in the Old Growth Forest and the Cedar Grove. We could have managed a bit more sun because it's quite dark in the woods there, making pictures a bit difficult, but it was a nice walk in the woods. Interesting little fungi growing on the decaying wood.
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