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Crystal clear ice and beat up old skates. #iceska

Crystal clear ice and beat up old skates.

#iceskating #ice #wildice #alpineskate #getoutside #lakeskating

Changing colors at Upper Kananaskis Lake. Pinks an

Changing colors at Upper Kananaskis Lake. Pinks and blues, and glorious clear ice.

#wildice #iceskating #mountainlifer #mountainlife #mountaincultureelevated #alpineskate #getoutside #kananaskis #explorealberta #kananaskislakes #lakeskating #ice #sunset

That sunset last Thursday on Upper Kananaskis Lake

That sunset last Thursday on Upper Kananaskis Lake 💖💜

Heading to Upper Kananaskis Lake was a bit of a gamble. I hadn't heard anything about whether it was in shape yet - had it frozen enough to skate on? Did it freeze too early and get snow covered? And it's so much further away than Spray Lakes, which was definitely in amazing shape.

On arrival it looked possible... Lots of open water, but definitely some clear ice. And after a bit of a hike and some poking around, we found a way onto the lake without getting wet feet, confirmed the ice was thick enough, and skated around alone on untouched beautiful clear ice until the sun disappeared.

And now everything is covered in snow!

#wildice #iceskating #mountainlifer #mountainlife #mountaincultureelevated #alpineskate #getoutside #kananaskis #explorealberta #kananaskislakes #lakeskating #ice #sunset

A break from lake skating for some Snow Buntings –

A break from lake skating for some Snow Buntings - I'd never seen them before, and they're incredibly skittish. They breed in the high arctic where they're pure white, but then change to a more brownish color when they move back down south.

#wildlife #birds #birdsofinstagram #snowbunting #nevernotflyingaway

Bubbles!!! Another thing on my list of favourite t

Bubbles!!! Another thing on my list of favourite things about frozen lakes is trapped methane bubbles. I can sit there staring at them for ages, and forget to actually skate. There are some amazing bubbles along the shore of Spray Lakes usually (lots of vegetation below) and this year is no exception.

#wildice #iceskating #mountainlifer #mountaincultureelevated #alpineskate #getoutside #kananaskis #explorealberta #lakeskating #pondhockey #ice

Ice jellyfish! I have a lot of favourite things ab

Ice jellyfish! I have a lot of favourite things about skating wild ice, but one of them is definitely the weird and unusual ice formations you can find.

#wildice #iceskating #mountainlifer #mountaincultureelevated #alpineskate #getoutside #kananaskis #explorealberta #lakeskating #pondhockey #ice

It's that time of year – the lakes are freezing, a

It's that time of year - the lakes are freezing, and we're getting windows to skate them before it snows 😍 (although some more snow would be really nice too).

Today might just have to be another wild skate adventure....

#wildice #iceskating #mountainlifer #mountaincultureelevated #alpineskate #getoutside #kananaskis #explorealberta #lakeskating

Riding the icy creek loop around town, and dodging

Riding the icy creek loop around town, and dodging elk.

I could sit and listen to the creeks running under and over the ice for hours.

#fatbike #winterbike

A quick visit to Montreal was mostly hanging out a

A quick visit to Montreal was mostly hanging out and concussion recovery for @bayflier - but we did do a very cool day trip to visit Sentier des cimes in the Laurentians.

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