A bonus foot of snow for the morning. Thankfully it was basically all melted by the end of the day.
And a bonus picture of the Moosling with a bucket. He likes the bucket. And now he can crawl, so he can get to the bucket whenever he wants.
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Ross Lake Circuit
Another day, another ski trip. This time to Yoho National Park, and with the Moosling in the Ergo rather than in the Chariot.
Around the 9.5km Ross Lake circuit, the route description runs as follows:
From the Lake O’Hara parking lot, follow Highway 1A until you reach the Ross Lake trail head sign on your right. The trail climbs gradually for 1.3 km to this small lake bounded by a great rock wall. Turn west at the lake and continue for 3.2 km to the Lake O’Hara fire road. Turn north (right) at the fire road to return to the parking lot. There are some narrow and fast sections on this circuit.
The trail up to the lake through the trees is quite cute, then we chilled on the lake in the sun for a while, before heading out.
They were right about the narrow and fast sections, the trees from Ross Lake back to the Lake O’Hara fire road were all sorts of fun. I was glad not to be towing the Chariot (and also wishing I’d remembered some Glob Stopper, but you can’t have everything – unless you’re better at remembering things than I am).
If the snow is going to last forever, at least the skiing will be warm now.
Last Winter, we got so little snow that hiking up Ha Ling Peak in February wasn’t a problem. This year has been a little different, it was obvious from the start that there was still a lot of snow, with fresh skin tracks heading up beside the trail.
Still, with a nice packed trail, hiking in the snow was pretty easy. Until we hit the treeline.
Then our nice packed trail dispersed into a myriad of snowshoe trails. We did some tentative exploration on one of them. Brendan post-holed a lot. So did I.
This was the view from one of my holes.
Meanwhile Finn just hung out in the Ergo with his sunnies on.
So, conclusion? Bring your snowshoes if you want to get to the summit. Or maybe wait another month.
And this is just the mess he can get into after I’ve already had the smoothie – just imagine what he could do with a full cup!