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general hiking

Citadel Peak and Quartz Ridge

Rock Isle Lake

 

Habituated ground squirrel at Rock Isle Lake thinks I have some food for him. Little did he know I was about to grab him and put him in my backpack. I’d always wanted a pet ground squirrel.

 

Walking through Sunshine Meadows

 

Hanging out while everyone naps at Citadel Pass (we spent over 3 hours there in the end)

 

Views towards Mount Assiniboine from Citadel Pass

 

Walking back towards Sunshine from Citadel Peak – a couple of us climbed it, but I didn’t take my camera up with me. Views from the top were awesome!

 

Cautiously making our way across a couple of snow patches to reach Quartz Ridge

 

Up towards the second knob on Quartz Ridge.

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canada general snow

Rock Isle Lake

A spur of the moment trip, and we spent a night up at Sunshine Village. Once all the lifts had shut down and the people had (mostly) gone away, it was time to tour out to Rock Isle Lake. Well, meander. It doesn’t take much more than half an hour, even if you are taking your time about it.

With the sun setting so late these days (it’s about 9pm now), we weren’t anywhere near sunset, but it was still lovely out there.

We were wondering how long it would take for the path through to Mount Assiniboine to clear though – we hiked it a week into July last year, and had a few snow patches to wade through. This year the snow pack is so much deeper. And what do the ground squirrels do while they’re waiting for the snow to melt? Do any of them run out of food?

Anyway, Rock Isle Lake, it’s nice – oh, and they’ve got a groomed trail all the way out there at the moment from the Village, so if you had skate skis, you could skate out there.

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canada general snow

sunshine meadows

Going backcountry for the first time in Canada