Little Quirke Lake 2025 11 27

 Today's hike was to the Little Quirk Lake campsite and the weather was

nice in a mildly stormy way.  Steep and rocky in parts, we had a short
break on the north side of Duthorne Lake.  When we arrived on site, the
fire was already going thanks to pre-positioned dry wood and our helper.
  Various foodstuffs were cooked and roasted cheese was a new one for us.
  Returning on the same route was faster due to the elevation change. 
Another  nice day to begin the winter season.

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Lacnor area 2025 11 29

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Fabris logging rd 2025 11 24

 Fresh air on a grey day  

Seven of us enjoyed the walk along Fabris logging road.

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Banana Lake 2025 11 23

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Great Beaver trail 2025 11 20

 The mystery hike was a big success as 11 members had their curiosity peaked enough to come out and find out where the hike was going to take us this morn. Now known as the "Great Beaver trail" we hiked for 2hr 45min for a total of 4.4 km with mostly blue skies and sunshine overhead to help guide our way.

None of the 11 members had ever hiked the majority of the trail and it was a nice experience to go somewhere different. There is very little human activity in this area. We plan to go back in the snow, so if you want to go...keep an eye out for the next hike there.

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Helens trail 2025 11 18

 Pics from the Helens trail hike on Tues Nov 18

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Camp Thompson area hike 2025 11 17

 It doesn't get much better for fall hiking - sunshine on a cool morning and sixteen hikers on the trail. Mother Nature did not disappoint . A light dusting of snow, some animal tracks, an impressive layer of ice on puddles, the ground frost making the rocks look as if they have sunk and tendrils of ice extending up out of the ground. A shaggy birch tree and an interesting tree bole caught our attention.

The group enjoyed a sunny break at Camp Thompson before making our way back to our staring point on Highway 108.  We were up for a side trail to loop around a wet rocky patch of the trail and a shortcut around a large hill we climbed on our way in. 

A really pleasant outing. No slips, falls or soakers.

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Little White river hike 2025 11 14

 Had a nice turnout for today's special (Fri) hike, in almost perfect weather 10 members showed up at the bank this morning and quickly made their way up to the hwy 639/546 area near the Little White river, a special ceremony took place when JJ released two ceremonial wreaths into the Little White as a representation of those who have passed, nobody was expecting this ceremony but everyone appreciated witnessing it and a big thanks to JJ for choosing today's hike to do it.

A little bush-wacking on the return trip to the vehicles added some extra adventure to the hike. Approximately 5.75km in about 2 hrs 40min. Big thanks to all who were able to come out and support today's hike....lots of pics to post so another shout of thanks to those who provided them.

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Hike update 2025 11 10

 Update: We took a look at the Boland Rd where the flooding occured and the water is still too deep for the majority of members cars to cross safely, so we are going to put that hike off for the time being and will revisit it next year.

Also, the weather forecast for this Thurs is 20-25% rain/snow mix so I will move my Thurs 13th hike to Fri 14th as the forecast is better. We will be going up to an area around the Little White river that most have not been to, it will be a fairly flat hike.

We will meet up at the bank at 10am and should be back around 3pm.

Thurs Nov 13th hike announcement 2025 11 06

 Next Thurs ( Nov 13th ) Raindate ( Fri Nov 14th ) I am once again hoping to be able to do the Thunder Mtn hike. This hike is highly dependent on the weather AND the condition of the Boland rd. I will be checking the Boland rd this Sun and I will update both the Blog and the Members F.B page re: the condition. If the condition is decent then we watch and hope that the weather will co-operate, and a decision will be made on wed ( Nov 12th )...so if this is something you would be interested in keep your eye on the blog or this f.b page. The plan would be to meet at the bank at 9am and be back in town by 4pm, the hike itself is not overly long but the driving up and back will take a little time so I like to be a little generous with the time we might need.