Warm days in early September were great for hanging out at Quarry Lake, and for having esky (a.k.a. cooler) baths out on the balcony. Especially after a hard day hiking in the warm (25oC) weather.
Author: megan
It was a gloriously warm and still day for hanging out at the summit (for babies and ground squirrels alike).
And I finally got around to hiking up Miners Peak as well, the peak just a few hundred metres away. It’s a nice wander too, and it’s probably a good option to turn right and head up there instead if it’s a really busy day. The hike to the summit is a little dicier, with some spectacular cliffs within feet of the track.
On the whole the view is pretty similar – but you do get to see Ha Ling Peak from a different angle for once.
I was going to title this “I made pie!”, but I’ve done that many times before. This was my very first foray into sweet pie though!
With the help of Pam’s Pie Tutorial I made a pie with so much butter that my arteries have nearly stopped functioning after eating it. But it was so incredibly tasty that I didn’t really care.
I used normal fresh cherries, as I’d bought a huge bag of them at the market, and only found out afterwards that you usually make cherry pie with tart cherries. There are plenty of recipes out there for making pie with normal cherries though.
After the mammoth task of getting the pits out (which really is as messy as everyone on the internet suggests – especially with a wee Moosling crawling around wanting to help… and eat cherries) the pie making was really straight forward. I must make more pies!
The wildflowers at Healy Pass hadn’t disappeared entirely by the time we hiked there, but they were looking decidedly limp and not terribly photogenic.
At least the weather was nice. Although the hike in and out to Healy Pass from Sunshine Village takes a lot longer than the ski does.
On the way back we managed to find Bill Peyto’s trapper cabin. It’s in a state of disrepair now, but you can still see where he had anti-bear measures in place in the windows, even if you wouldn’t want to walk around inside (although if it can stand up to the snowfall over winter, it probably isn’t about to fall in on anyone’s head any time soon).
This will probably be the last Sunshine Meadows adventure before the snow comes – which will be all too soon now.
Iceland, country of many waterfalls. From the small, to the ridiculously enormous.
And yes, I’m desperately trying to get up to date with postings – now I’m only three weeks or so behind.