There are a number of off-road-vehicle routes on the flank of Chuwhels Mountain that can be hiked or snowshoed. Some navigation is required and there may or may not be any tracks to follow. I parked off the side … Continue reading →
In winter the backroads become blanketed in snow and they make fine snowshoeing corridors. An out-and-back is easier in the snow, but it is more fun to create a loop route, which may mean stomping through deeper snow. A long … Continue reading →
When snow blankets all of our hiking routes, we can continue to winter hike, looking for trails that get stomped in. We can snowshoe, going to higher elevations to stomp our own routes on tracks and trails. We can also … Continue reading →
In winter I either hike in the valley or snowshoe in the high country. One of the areas that offers many routes choices is Lodgepole Lake. I drive to the end of the road at the Rec Site and then … Continue reading →
In mid-November we hiked from the McQueen Lake area to Isobel Lake, then around the lake, and back on the same trail, a 5.5 km hike on the snow. My usual route for this hike was along the former Forestry … Continue reading →
The road up to Surrey Lake starts at a turn off the Logan Lake Road and climbs through the hills for 9km. The snow-covered frost service road is kept open by the Surrey Lake Resort. Just before the entrance … Continue reading →
