KUHL is an outdoor clothing brand that I have worn for the past few decades. I was excited to test out some new pieces of clothing for this amazing brand.
We had a warm, but no sun, jaunt up to Lillian Lake where we decided that there was not enough gas in the tank to continue up to Galatea Lakes.
We thought that we were crazy to be out in 15C weather with windchill on top of this but it never materialized and hence made for a pleasant outing.
Commonwealth Creek is generally a fairly leisurely stroll however on this day we encountered waist deep snow in the valley, which made for a great workout.
It was a very pleasant snow-packed stroll up West Wind Pass, although the wind at the top resulted in the temperature dropping from -5C to -40C.
We decided to veer off the West Wind Pass trail up Rimwall to get a taste of it. Given the snow that reached waist-deep, we only made it about half way up.
This was our first time hiking Little Lougheed. It was a challenging trail given the winter conditions and as a result we fell 200 meters short of the summit.
This was the first fall/winter shoulder season hike and it was a bit tricky with a few cms of snow covering about 2 km of the trail in the creekbed.
The Chester Lake hike which includes the Elephant Rocks and a jaunt up Three Lakes Valley is always a great outing due to it's moderate effort and amazing scenery.
After two years of delays, we finally made it to Tweedsmuir Park Lodge to see the beautiful landscape, amazing grizzlies, and Indigenous culture.