We made what seems like an unusual trip for us, a brief road trip "outside" of the West Kootenays. There just seems so little reason to leave....
However, last week we headed for the North Thompson area and Mt Robson for a family gathering. The plan was to help Catherine's 87-year-old dad hike out from Berg Lake, a 23 km distance.
First, we got as far as Clearwater, where we were going to spend the night with an acquaintance and do a hike. Where, coincidentally, the car rejected the fuel pump. So, while the car was being repaired, we hiked in to Trophy Meadows, in the southern part of Wells Gray Provincial Park. The flowers were well past their peak, but the alpine meadows were among the most extensive I've ever seen. This is a place we'll want to visit again.
Then it was on to Mt Robson. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, so there were no helicopter flights in to Robson Pass the day we had booked. We did, however, use the next day to hike about half-way in to Berg Lake so Don got his long hike into some pretty nice scenery. I figure for age 87, he did pretty well, hiking about 24 km that day.
We headed home the next day, taking a shortcut around Kamloops, along Adams Lake, down into the Okanagan and over Monashee Pass and back into our beloved Kootenays.
Pictures of the road trip live at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/dave.mcc51/RoadTripClearwaterAndMtRobson
However, last week we headed for the North Thompson area and Mt Robson for a family gathering. The plan was to help Catherine's 87-year-old dad hike out from Berg Lake, a 23 km distance.
First, we got as far as Clearwater, where we were going to spend the night with an acquaintance and do a hike. Where, coincidentally, the car rejected the fuel pump. So, while the car was being repaired, we hiked in to Trophy Meadows, in the southern part of Wells Gray Provincial Park. The flowers were well past their peak, but the alpine meadows were among the most extensive I've ever seen. This is a place we'll want to visit again.
Then it was on to Mt Robson. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, so there were no helicopter flights in to Robson Pass the day we had booked. We did, however, use the next day to hike about half-way in to Berg Lake so Don got his long hike into some pretty nice scenery. I figure for age 87, he did pretty well, hiking about 24 km that day.
We headed home the next day, taking a shortcut around Kamloops, along Adams Lake, down into the Okanagan and over Monashee Pass and back into our beloved Kootenays.
Pictures of the road trip live at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/dave.mcc51/RoadTripClearwaterAndMtRobson
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