Hike in the snow
This afternoon Alana and Ann dropped Matthew and I off at one of our favorite hiking trails, just north of the Carp River off of the Huntmar Road, so we could spend a few hours snowshoeing in the fresh snow.
As luck would have it, we were the first people on the trails after the last snowfall. It was great! With about 30cm of snow down the snowshoes were a must!
Here is a picture of Matthew taking his turn breaking trail:
After about 1 hour we made it to a nice spot next to a small lake. We took off our snowshoes and setup my little "Pocket Rocket" stove to heat some water for hot chocolate. While these stoves are not really rated for winter use, it worked surprisingly well at -15C and heated up our water in no time! I use my plastic/aluminum snowshoe as a table for this stove.. in hind sight this was probably not very smart but all worked out ok. This neat little stove, along with a fuel canister, fits into the pot/bowl combo called the "Soloist" which, along with the stove, were bought at MEC.
Matthew used his new hiking stick (which has a built in camera adapter) as a mono-pod and took this great pic of himself and his dad preparing for "Mug Up".
Here is Matthew enjoying a nice cut of hot chocolate. Yum!
We made it back to the trail hail around 3:30 and were picked up right on time by Alana and Anna. We were tired but very pleased. What a great afternoon !
As luck would have it, we were the first people on the trails after the last snowfall. It was great! With about 30cm of snow down the snowshoes were a must!
Here is a picture of Matthew taking his turn breaking trail:
After about 1 hour we made it to a nice spot next to a small lake. We took off our snowshoes and setup my little "Pocket Rocket" stove to heat some water for hot chocolate. While these stoves are not really rated for winter use, it worked surprisingly well at -15C and heated up our water in no time! I use my plastic/aluminum snowshoe as a table for this stove.. in hind sight this was probably not very smart but all worked out ok. This neat little stove, along with a fuel canister, fits into the pot/bowl combo called the "Soloist" which, along with the stove, were bought at MEC.
Matthew used his new hiking stick (which has a built in camera adapter) as a mono-pod and took this great pic of himself and his dad preparing for "Mug Up".
Here is Matthew enjoying a nice cut of hot chocolate. Yum!
We made it back to the trail hail around 3:30 and were picked up right on time by Alana and Anna. We were tired but very pleased. What a great afternoon !
posted by Zinck Family at 5:08 PM
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