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Posted - 02/06/2012 : 1:26 PM
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Well if anyone is looking for a nice challenging hiking trip I do recommend hiking up to Moose Mountain.
The weather was gorgeous Sunday afternoon. There is a gate that is locked at the bottom of the road leading to the trail head, but I figured I would conquer that. It's only 7.5 km uphill.
After about 90 minutes trekking up the road and beginning to doubt dragging my snowshoes along I reached the trail head for Moose Mountain. Luckily, within the first 100m, 1 1/2m high snowdrifts were soon found on the trail.
Being my first long solo trip, I had to break trail with my snowshoes the entire way up.
Three trees have fallen over the trail, one that was severely prickly that tried to disembowel me as I tried to squeeze past with my snowshoes on.
After reaching the base of the first peak, I decided not to climb up but to head back as I wanted some daylight on the return trip.
It was a hard trip down, reaching my truck in the dark. Decent hike, 25km round trip with a 400m gain/loss.
not bad for 6 1/2 hours.
Cheers
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High River, (just south of Calgary eh!), Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2012 : 3:04 PM
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| I think I know exactly where you found those drifts... last year just before the road closed I attempted to drive thru there but the oil company trucks had left deep ruts in the drifts and were dragging bottom. I figured my van would get stuck for sure (although I was tempted to take a run at it) so I went elsewhere since there was no place to park off the road without getting stuck. |
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 Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2012 : 10:25 PM
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That is a good pace, 25 km over 6-1/2 hours..
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Kamloops, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/02/2012 : 4:09 PM
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6 and a half hours? 25 KM? SNOW SHOES? Ummmm... Yeahh, that totally sounds legitimate.....
Did you have your shot gun on this trip as well? Hopefully you had a side arm too in case you don't have time to reload your shot gun. You know that bears always attack in pairs right? |
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Posted - 05/02/2012 : 5:17 PM
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| Yeah, I did have my shotty with me. I was hoping you would be tripping up the trail in a black bear costume. I could always use some spring-time target practice. |
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Kamloops, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/02/2012 : 5:56 PM
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| Yep, you sure are a nut. |
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 05/03/2012 : 3:43 PM
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| He's not a nut, he's a child. Plain to see. |
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Posted - 05/03/2012 : 4:12 PM
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I had my .22 with me last time out in the rain. Got to love that stainless.
Wish the image uploader worked so i can show you. |
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Posted - 05/03/2012 : 4:53 PM
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Yeah cambium! Upload it up!
Release...You need to get a life. Maybe find someone to love? :)
Or actually post a TR. |
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