~ submitted by Matthew Lettington
Twelve members and guests made a quick loop around Lake Helen Makenzie and Battleship Lake.
Helen Mackenzie Battleship Lake Loop -Snowshoe
Helen Mackenzie, Winter Camping
–submitted by Adrian Houle
— photographs submitted by Carmen Zitek
February 10th, 2018:
Four members of the Island Mountain Ramblers headed out on a winter camping trip to Lake Helen Mackenzie. The goal of the trip was to gain experience camping in sub-zero temperatures. And sub-zero temperatures we had!
Our first failure at winter camping
–submitted by Matthew Lettington, Read the report on his blog
Dear Hemingway,
We just finished our first father-and-son camping trip, or at least our first attempt. You’re only three and a half years old, and we’ve already done a lot of overnight backcountry trips, but never one in snow, and never just the two of us. I was excited, and so were you. It was an ambitious undertaking: I would be on skis, pulling you in the sled. Our goal was to head out from Raven Lodge, and camp between Battleship Lake and Kwai Lake. Beyond that, I was willing to be flexible, because above all else I wanted you to have a great time.