Back on the trail

April 10, 2009



Petgill Lake
about 12km
4 hrs


The snow has left my neighborhood and I found out where it went. It has gone back to the mountains. Most of it is on the trail to Petgill Lake.


beautiful shady forest
streams to wade in
rocks, roots
only two other humans hiking


Keep your eyes and nostrils open, your humans may get lost within 10 minutes of starting this hike. Mine wandered around for 45 minutes before I found the trail for them. After about 3 km we found snow. It was fun walking on the snow, for awhile. Then there was a marshy spot and the snowbridge was rotten. The fun ended and we headed for home, about 1.5 km from the lake.

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April 11, 2009





Stawamus Squaw Trail
about 15km
5 hrs



steep, wet rocks, boulders
wet stairs
streams

BIG cliffs
grouse
mossy boulder hopping
rope pull
lots of hikers until after the Chief, then none
poor signage after the Chief summits





How do I say this? Lost 2 days in a row. We never got to the Stawamus Squaw, but we did find a cool new way down from the mountain! The humans kept reading a book to find out where to go. I guess the book was no good. We made a circle tour and came down the face of the Squaw, onto a logging road, to the highway where we followed the climbing access trails along the base of the Chief back to the parking lot. It was a good day.

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