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Had a nice snowshoe hike today in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. The weather was not too bad... -15 C (approx 5 degrees F). This trail is rarely used in the winter (I've never seen anyone's tracks but mine), so the snow is untouched. Hope you enjoy the pics!
Early in the hike you have to cross a beaver dam and climb a hill on the opposite side:
Here is a view of the small lake resulting from the beaver dam:
Some scenery:
Untouched snow on the trail ahead:
Not sure what tracks these are. There's a narrow trail of footprints, and it looks as though a tail was dragging through the snow. Perhaps fox? Any thoughts?
The return trail, over my own tracks:
I was using Crescent Moon snowshoes; I love the bindings... they're easy to put on, and accommodate big boots. Footwear is Steger Arctic Mukluks. For pants I wore Filson whipcord wool pants, with Ibex longjohns. On my upper body I had a few layers of thin Ibex wool shirts, a Swanndri wool vest, a wool zip-up top by Devold, and finally a 80/20 wool/poly Camp Coat by Empire Canvas.
I brought along my Boss Jack LE. I recently had handle liners installed by Garth at Busse, and it fits my hand much better.
As always, I made some pine tea using my titanium Honey Stove. Those are True North mitts from Empire Canvas... the only handwear that has ever kept my hands warm:
Early in the hike you have to cross a beaver dam and climb a hill on the opposite side:
Here is a view of the small lake resulting from the beaver dam:
Some scenery:
Untouched snow on the trail ahead:
Not sure what tracks these are. There's a narrow trail of footprints, and it looks as though a tail was dragging through the snow. Perhaps fox? Any thoughts?
The return trail, over my own tracks:
I was using Crescent Moon snowshoes; I love the bindings... they're easy to put on, and accommodate big boots. Footwear is Steger Arctic Mukluks. For pants I wore Filson whipcord wool pants, with Ibex longjohns. On my upper body I had a few layers of thin Ibex wool shirts, a Swanndri wool vest, a wool zip-up top by Devold, and finally a 80/20 wool/poly Camp Coat by Empire Canvas.
I brought along my Boss Jack LE. I recently had handle liners installed by Garth at Busse, and it fits my hand much better.
As always, I made some pine tea using my titanium Honey Stove. Those are True North mitts from Empire Canvas... the only handwear that has ever kept my hands warm:
