Revisiting Krao Lake

Sunday was supposed to be a rest day, after all, I'd been out skiing the previous Sunday, again Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. But the morning dawned clear and blue so Catherine and I decided to snowshoe into Krao Lake, a small pond high in the hills above Ainsworth and one we'd visited on a rainy and snowy day last summer.


By the time we snowmobiled the 13 km to the start of the trail, some clouds had moved in, but the view down Kootenay Lake was quite fine, so we pressed on.


Terrain always looks quite unfamiliar in the snow if the only time you've seen it has been in summer, but finding the route into the lake was easy enough, especially considering that some snowmobiles had been in there and had left a packed trail all the way! Today, however, the woods were quiet and there were only the sounds of our snowshoes crunching along the trail. Views to distant peaks from a small hill just past the end of the lake were quite nice and we admired the vibrant green lichen on an old tree while we munched our lunches. Then it was off through the trees and heading toward home.