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 Eight of us packed our trail for one hour, the snow depth is over 30cm in many places.

The last 40minutes was a piece of cake 

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Time change sat 27th hike

 Tomorrow's (Saturday December 27th) hike "Dumb-bell lake" and Jean-Guy is going to lead! By popular demand we will meet at 1 PM (note time change) at the Scotiabank parking lot. Snowshoes are needed!

It's a mystery to me so I am excited to go!

Any questions let us know!

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 Ground and snow conditions were 

Excellent.

We had a nice hike

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 Saturday December 20th Hike! 1 PM (instead of morning). Jean-Guy will be leading the hike tomorrow (Saturday) and it will be at Spine Beach snowshoe trail. Meet at 1 PM (note time change) at the Scotia Bank parking lot as a group to head over to the starting point. Snowshoes are a must for this hike.

The hiking club has snowshoes for let should you not have your own. Reach out here on this post or contact David Nesbitt, or Keith MacDougall for more information.

See you there! Be there or be square .... Remember Christmas sweets are less than a week away and snowshoeing ahead of time helps burn calories! No bananas on this hike!

COOKOUT CANCELLED

Due to the special weather statement issued for tonight and tomorrow, the Christmas Cookout is cancelled until further notice. 🔥

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 CHRISTMAS COOKOUT

DATE:  Friday, December 19th

TIME:  11:30 am - 3:00 pm

LOCATION:  Camp Thompson... .1127 South bay rd, approx 12km north of town27 South Bay Rd Elliot Lake

The Hot dogs will be supplied by the Club.  You are more than welcome to bring a treat to share with those who will be coming out.

Hope to see you all there!

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 2025 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE

Another fun night at our Christmas Dinner & Dance.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out, to Jane Nicholls MacDonald and her staff for an awesome dinner, to the Social Committee for putting it all together and all those who stayed and helped with the cleanup. It wouldn’t have been such a success without all of you.

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 A huge clamoring crowd of 2 snowshoers showed for today's expedition.  No problem! The snowy branches,   breezes  clearing the clouds away , and fresh fox tracks  were just as beguiling as if we were 20 in number  on our trek. 

We started from the Glenden Dog Park and through neighbourhood trails, up the Royal Bumps to join the Woodpecker Trail System.

 Rodd was the official trail

videographer.  Check  Facebook for his video. 

We went to the Slipper Lake Lookout. The lake is mostly snow covered with dark spots showing  direction of currents. Soon there will be ice huts adding colorful touches to the lake!!

There was a light breeze which occasionally  rattled branches and treetops.  The silence of the trail always returned.

That light NE breeze certainly had more of a bite as we returned through  the Washington Snowdump area.

Our distance was about 5 km. A good distance for an early season snowshoe trek . 

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 Slipper Lake Walkabout - The 2nd hike of the Frame Crescent Hiking Club

was a snowy down and up check-up on the south side of Slipper Lake.  The
scheduled trip to the Mellon Lake area was aborted due to some moderate
snowfall on the radar which turned out to be correct.  Two hikers from
the same street attempted to find a user-friendly route down the steep
treed hill to the lake.  Unsuccessful, so we moved over to the more open
and flat deciduous area.  A snowy lunch right on the shoreline and then
a quick trek back to the ATV trail and home.  The hike leader has
promised further investigation to this area, so close to town.

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 Three hikers gathered to welcome a beautifully sunny day, despite a chilly temperature of -19°C,  and headed out to strap on snowshoes for the first time this season.  The Snowshoe Trail did not disappoint.  The snow-covered trees  and the soft quietness of the forest (except for that explosion of wings by a startled partridge) were perfect.  Hardly even noticed the cold... unless you had to take your mitts off to blow your nose!  By the end of the hike, the thought of a car heater was pretty exciting but all agreed it had been an enjoyable outing.