One of the great advantages of living where we do is the opportunity to look out the window and decide whether we'll bother going for a hike on any given day. This morning we saw our relatives off and started pondering the skies. Thinking that things looked OK, we headed for Jackson Basin and the minor peak of Mt Reco (elevation 2530 m).
A 20-minute drive or so brought us to Retallack, and a 9 km drive up the Stimson Creek FSR brought us to the end of what our truck could handle (elevation 1800 m). A further 90-minute hike up a mining exploration road to a ridge and from there to the summit of Mt Reco rewarded us with views in many directions. Skies were mostly cloudy, but there were patches of sunlight on slopes and ridges in the distance. Slocan Lake was visible to the SW, and there were good views of Idaho Peak, London Ridge and another peak to the East that we want to do sometime, Texas Peak. We were also able to see the trailhead to Alps Alturas, a hike we did a couple of weeks ago. In a few of the valley bottoms were the buildings of several mine sites not far from Sandon.
Temperatures were quite cool up high, probably not far above freezing, and to remind us of this, we were treated to a small bit of snow. We took an alternate route down some open slopes to another exploration road and then back to the truck. On the way down the FSR, the rain began more in earnest but it was over before we arrived back home. For the day, an elevation gain of about 700 m. There was lots more, but it was done in the truck, so I guess that doesn't really count ;-)
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