Hiking in Awenda Provincial Park

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Some late april snow on saturday saw my girlfriend and I freezing our butts off at a local maple syrup festival (how Canadian eh?). The weather today was much nicer, although still cold, it was nice clear skies. We decided to go for a hike in Awenda provincial park which is about 15 mins away. We took some lunch, and I brought my little MSR stove so we could make some hot chocolate.

The after a while we hiked up the far side of this bluff and came down these wooden steps on this side.
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This area was all formed by glaciers, there is a lot of big rocks through this area.
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We managed to perch a phone on a rock for a picture
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Eventually we made it to our lunch spot at the beach, although it looks nice it was still only a couple degrees out.
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Making some coffee crisp hot chocolate, my BK14 standing in as a stirring utensil.
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The Beckers I had with me today, I'm really loving my bk15!
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On the way out we noticed this dead birch tree with a frozen sap icicle hanging from it.
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We also spotted this massive knot that was almost twice as wide as the tree itself.
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Looks like you guys had a great time. Thanks for sharing this trip with us.

I enjoy seeing the trip report posts the most.

Jeremy
 
Looks like you guys had a great time. Thanks for sharing this trip with us.

I enjoy seeing the trip report posts the most.

Jeremy

I'm glad you enjoyed it, I try to remember to take at least a couple of pictures for the forum when I get time to hike and camp.
 
looks like a nice place to hike, of course most of the pics I have seen of Canada seem like a nice place for the outdoor activities...well at least when its not covered in all that white stuff
 
looks like a nice place to hike, of course most of the pics I have seen of Canada seem like a nice place for the outdoor activities...well at least when its not covered in all that white stuff

Canada has a lot of beautiful places to explore, and there is a lot of beautiful spots in the winter too, you just have to strap on some snowshoes.
 
Very cool. I bet that place is perfect when the weather cooperates.

It's pretty nice in the summer, there is a beach further down where I can take my dog as well, the water will come up a bit and cover a lot of those rocks as well.
 
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