Thursday, June 17, 2010

Hike to Fred's Pole & Quirke Lake Panorama Trail to Rochester Creek.

Thx to Scott for these pics and comments below.





Thursday June 10 2010.       Fred's Hike.
     Fred lead 7 hikers along the Panorama Trail, high above Quirke Lake, to lunch at Fred's Pole. We then descended  to Rochester Creek, Crossing the creek bed & hiking into Spragge's cottage area. Fred had animals greet us along the way, 2 foxes on Panel Mine Rd, then a sandhill cranes at the old lodge area. We saw a large water snake near the creek. While we had lunch, Fred told s about some of the history of the mining area & where each site was.  
Scott Helman.


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