Snowshoe hike pics

Walkabout

Walkabout

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Had a nice today snowshoeing in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada (my usual hangout year-round :) )

Here are some pics. There was lots of snow, and the weather was nice... temp was about minus 6 Celsius.

Nobody else snowshoes on this trail, so we had deep untouched snow, except for lots of game trails:

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A nice view:

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Some Labrador tea:

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Some of my gear:

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Me, all dressed up and ready to go :)

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More to follow!....
 
This was a nice little plant, covered in snow:

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We saw a ruffed grouse:

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We stopped to build a fire in my Honey Stove. First I scraped some birch bark to produce some fine shavings. I used the spine of my Woodlore on the firesteel, as I had trouble with the small striker (even though it was a SuperStriker) with my cold hands:

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Brewed some spruce and pine tea:

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Hope you enjoyed the pics!
 
For clothing...

On my feet I had a single pair of thick wool socks. My boot were Danner 1000g Pronhorns. I have Berghaus Yeti gaiters permanently set up, as in this video.

On my legs I had Ibex heavy merino long johns, and Filson wool whipcord pants. When it's colder, I wear their mackinaw pants.

On my body, my base layer was Ibex 17.5 micron merino shirt (bought on sale last year... very comfortable; no itch), then a thicker Ibex merino shirt, then a Filson wool shirt, and lastly a Mufflon wool jacket

In my pack I had another couple of layers if needed... a MontBell Ex-Light down sweater, which packs down about as small as a pop can, and a Devold Thermo Jacket


Pretty much wool through and through! :)
 
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great pics man.

everytime you post pics of that ray mears knife it makes me jealous :D glad you're getting some use out of it rather than being a safe queen.


cheers
 
whoa...i can feel the cold through my monitor! thanks for the nice pics :thumbup:
 
great pics when you see grouse all puffed up like that one it's really chilly.never tried spruce tea --does it make you burp. smoked a few grape vines when i was a kid. about the only wild edibles around austin are pecans,mushrooms pop up in the cow patties but i do'nt know which to eat or which make you high. it would look funny to see an ole white-haired guy walking sideways.
dennis
 
Brilliant!

Thanks much for sharing the pics. This makes me want to get out for my first snowshoe of the season - I'm told that the snow on Blue Mountain is already 20" deep, so it shouldn't be long.

Perhaps I missed it, but what model of snowshoes are you using?

All the best,

- Mike
 
Thanks for the comments :)

Here are a couple more pics...

This is a beaver lodge on a small lake:

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And this is one of the views:

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Here is the trail ahead of us, along a ridge. Nice untouched snow:

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Mentor said:
Brilliant!

Thanks much for sharing the pics. This makes me want to get out for my first snowshoe of the season - I'm told that the snow on Blue Mountain is already 20" deep, so it shouldn't be long.

Perhaps I missed it, but what model of snowshoes are you using?

All the best,

- Mike
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Hi,

They're made by Faber. We bought them at Mountain Equipment Co-Op several years ago... I notice they don't stock them anymore. I don't think they're particularly fancy. They look most like these ones (but they're not exact)
 
Nice. I saw the red and grey in the picture and wondered if they were the same as mine (I use red and grey GVs). Again, thanks for the photos.

Best,

- Mike
 
DennisStrickland said:
great pics when you see grouse all puffed up like that one it's really chilly.never tried spruce tea --does it make you burp. smoked a few grape vines when i was a kid. about the only wild edibles around austin are pecans,mushrooms pop up in the cow patties but i do'nt know which to eat or which make you high. it would look funny to see an ole white-haired guy walking sideways. dennis
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:thumbup: I thought kids in Ohio were the only ones who knew about the grape vine "tobacco"???:)
Dennis, I bet if you knew about grape vines, then you also know about corn silk correct??? Not a farm kid in Ohio who doesn't.
Thanks for jogging a good memory from my childhood in the 60's.
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:thumbup: Walkabout, beautiful shot of your countryside. That has to be a stress reliever to be able to go out into country like that & just get away for some T/M & some tea . . Thanks for inviting us along with you.
Be safe.
 
Danners, Filson, Kifaru and a Woodlore....what did ya do rob a bank !!!!:eek:

Great stuff buddy and yeah I am jealous of ya gear !:D


Great pic of the Grouse, beautiful colourings eh !:thumbup:
 
To cold for me! How is the spruce tea? Never made it/had it before. Are there some trees that taste better then others?
 
pitdog said:
Danners, Filson, Kifaru and a Woodlore....what did ya do rob a bank !!!!:eek:

Great stuff buddy and yeah I am jealous of ya gear !:D


Great pic of the Grouse, beautiful colourings eh !:thumbup:
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:) This outdoors stuff is my only hobby... I didn't start getting nice stuff until my late 40s. I partly blame this forum... I didn't know what I was missing out on until reading all of the gear posts. Maybe now I'll be responsible for someone's budget being a bit stretched :o

nate1714 said:
To cold for me! How is the spruce tea? Never made it/had it before. Are there some trees that taste better then others?
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I like the spruce tea. There isn't a huge variety of conifers here... pretty much limited to white spruce, black spruce, jack pine, and tamarack (which have lost their needles now). I almost always use jack pine and white spruce. I think I like the pine taste better than the spruce if they were alone, but there's usually an opportunity to try a mixture, which I usually do.

I tried making Labrador tea out of the Labrador tea plant, and found it somewhat tasteless.
 
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