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Day 10 GDT Section C – 2020 (Draft)

Spectacular sky to wake up to.

August 20th, McArthur Creek CG To Ottertail Creek Trail Head, 15.2 km, 192 m elevation gain, 504 m elevation loss, 4 hrs (all distances and elevation are as per the guide book), Section C Segment 20.

I had another long night of restless sleep. I had had difficulty sleeping lately because of the blisters on the back of my heels. I sleep on my back and use a 3/4 length sleeping pad with my backpack under my legs. I do this to not only save weight but also with my knees elevated it keeps my back flatter and more comfortable. With my blisters being on the back of my heels both my feet throbbed whenever I tried to sleep on my back which is my preferred way of sleeping. I tried to sleep on my side but inevitably I would roll onto my back and then wake up as the blisters touched upon some hard surface. So I had not slept well for days and now the weight of my sleeping bag pressing down on my newest blister meant I had a new source of pain. Needless to say when I woke up I was not feeling very positive. I wandered around the meadow that was our campsite and pondered whether I wanted to continue on with the hike. I decided that today would be an appropriate place to end the trip. I really did not feel like continuing on. Still cannot believe how great I was feeling just one day ago. I chatted with Emily when she got up and she did not fight me very hard on the decision. She did say that if we had traveled somewhere she would have “forced” me to finish the last five days. As it was we were only just over a 1 hour car ride from home and receiving a resupply today so was an easy day to stop. I texted Laura and Kathleen with the SPOT X and let them know we were finishing today.

I think if this situation happens again I will not make the decision to leave the trail until hiking for a few hours. I actually hiked all the way the trailhead in my sandals and was feeling great. Maybe if I had waited I would have felt differently about continuing on. Hiking in sandals though would not have helped me sleep at night and I may have felt the same way on waking the next morning. Next time I do a long distance hike I will have have my trail sandals with me instead of flip flops and I will not hesitate to switch to the sandals to ward off any hotspots if they arise. Not changing shoes the week before the hike would have probably rendered the sandal thing moot.

Thoughts on the end of the trip.

Up and out of the tent by 6:30 am. The plan was for Kathleen to pick up at the Ottertail trailhead at 1 pm. We had about 15 km of mostly downhill hiking on trail appropriate for mountain bikes so it should be a fairly fast hike but I still wanted to be gone by 8 am. We were on our way at 7:45 am which would leave us plenty of time to just set our own pace and enjoy the hike.

All tidied up and ready to go.
Yellow tips on the Douglas Fir indicate a midge infestation.
Interesting how the bridges are better on this side of the campground. I think there needs to be some more maintenance on the other side heading up to Goodsir Pass.
McArthur Pass is an alternate way into Lake O’Hara.
Reading the signs. Can be important information on them. But while this was interesting but unimportant.
Area closure.

The walking was very easy down the wide fireroad trail. I cannot find out why they trail is so wide. I do know that there was a movement to cut wide roads into the backcountry for the purpose of fire management. With changes in fire management practices and the use of helicopters for firefighting most of these roads are now being allowed to grow over. We did come across extensive blowdown damage all along the trail. Looking at the number of trees that had fallen across the route one could only imagine how long it would have taken to negotiate the trail prior to Parks Canada clearing up the trail.

More clearing work.
Busy little bee.
This would be a common sight as we made our way along the trail.

After a couple of hours on the trail we had some excitement when we came across a young mountain goat. We did our best to give the little goat some space but it kept running down the trail in front of us. Finally after about 5 minutes the young goat cut into the trees allowing us to pass by. We never did see any other older goats around hopefully they were not far away.

Young mountain goat.
The trail is nice. All sorts of ends of trees sticking out across the trail.
Finally passing by. Goodbye little goat.

There was a single series of switchbacks a quick left, right (much like the trail off of Goodsir Pass yesterday) that passed by a bench with a pleasant view of the river but we declined the invitation to sit. Of course with the lack of a map we did not know where we were but the bench is about halfway between the campground and the trailhead.

Nice bench. Been around a while.

We did not see many animals but about an hour later another animal caught my eye a little spider. Do not remember how I noticed something so small but it got my attention enough that I took several photos.

Spider.

The trail did not provide for many views. We did come out on a lovely bluff high above the river which gave a wide view to the south-west.

One of the few views offered by the trail.
Keep away from the edge.

The trail was getting close to being flat as we neared the end. Off to the side of the trail there was still evidence of trees that had to have been cleared recently. We had some fun when a hawk flew around overhead. The bird remained far away but I was able to get some decent shots from the underside capturing some colour and contrast. After messing up the photos of the wolves back at Egypt Lake I was attempting to change the way I use my camera. I had upgraded from the entry level Canon Ti5 to a Canon 5D Mark III. The Ti5 was great for a beginner as it has lots of auto settings built in that work very well. The 5D is mostly manual relying on the human operator manipulate the settings. The 5D has a auto setting but it is a general purpose setting and the camera attempts to determine if the photo is a landscape, portrait or action photo. I never did find that the auto setting on the 5D worked very well and it was on this setting that I took the not so great photos of the wolves. So the photos of the hawk were done on manual setting and I was happy with how well I could quickly adjust the settings and how well the photos came out.

The trail is very smooth but evidence of logs recently cleared are just off the trail.
Hawk.
Hawk in blue skies

The trees thinned out as we neared the trailhead giving us a lovely view north. The mountains we could see in the distance were the mountains that encircled Emerald Lake. We cruised into the parking lot that is the Ottertail River Trailhead at 11:47 am end of our trip.

A very pleasant 15 km this morning.
The ankles.
Removed the tape from the toes.
All the tape that had been holding my feet together.

We were an hour early so after de-taping the feet we went back up the trail to relax but we could not escape the sounds of the Trans Canada.

Welcome back to civilization. It is not like the bin was full. We did clean it up.

Kathleen arrived just before 1 pm. She actually brought our resupply box just in case we changed our minds and decided that we wanted to continue. For a brief moment I thought about but I stayed with the plan. After getting home I had no aches and pains in the muscles but it took about a week for my feet to heal. Healing up was a good thing as I had 10 days before my trip to Yoho NP with Siobhan. Looking back I try and remember what Emily had said after our Death Valley trip

“Don’t mourn what wasn’t done, celebrate what was done”.

End of GDT Section C 2020.

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Day 3 of our 2021 Labour Day Weekend trip through Day 3 of our 2021 Labour Day Weekend trip through the Egypt Lake area, Banff NP.

This day took us from the campground at Balls Pass Junction over Whistling Pass, with a detour up Pharaoh Peak, which wasn't without some drama.

Lunch was another side trip to Scarab Lake followed by an excursion to Egypt Lake.

Our final destination was Pharaoh Creek Campground. After a lovely evening the Milky Way came out to play.

Read the summary at www.Bootwreckers.com, link in bio.

Photo 1 - moody morning at Balls Pass Junction

Photo 2 - golden meadows as we approach Haiduk Lake

Photo 3 - making our way up Whistling Pass

Photo 4 - heading up Pharaoh Peak, and it really was this steep

Photo 5 - looking over Mummy and Scarab Lakes from the Pharaoh Peak.

Photo 6 - group shot on the way down

Photo 7 - at Egypt Lake

Photo 8 - Frosty Paws guarding the tent

Photo 9 - the Milky Way

Video - scree skiing down Pharaoh Peak

Another great day on the trail with @sio.mellors

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Day 2 of our Labour Day weekend trip through the E Day 2 of our Labour Day weekend trip through the Egypt Lake area, Banff NP is up on Bootwreckers, see link in bio.

The day was sunny and the skies were blue, it was simply an amazing day to be on the trail.

Out day started out retracing our steps from th previous evening back to Shadow Lake.

After lingering to take in the stunning view at the lake we had an easy hike to our campsite at Balls Pass Junction.

After setting up the tent and having lunch we headed up the short but steep trail to Ball Pass. Ball Pass is in mu opinion one of th premier viewpoints in Banff NP. 

After exploring Ball Pass we returned back to the campground and enjoyed a well earned stream chilled beer and a nap.

Clouds rolled in later in the day but it only lightly rained.

Was not the biggest mileage day on the trail but was proof that a great day on the trail.
Photo 1 - Siobhan looking at Mt Ball and it's Glacier from Ball Pass
Photo 2 - Siobhan checking directions
Photo 3 - Shadow Lake and Mt Ball
Photo 4 - Siobhan on bridge crossing outlet of Shadow Lake
Photo 5 - dried  strawberries on the trail
Photo 6 - heading up Ball Pass
Photo 7 - Siobhan looking over the valley from Ball Pass
Photo 8 - heading down from Ball Pass
Photo 9 - our reward for a good day on the trail
Photo 10 - finding peace and tranquility in the backcountry 

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Day 1 of our amazing trip through the Egypt Lake a Day 1 of our amazing trip through the Egypt Lake area Labour Day Weekend, 2021 now posted up on our blog, link in bio. Another Grand adventure with one of my kids, @sio.mellors.

Our four day trip started at the Vista Lake Trailhead on Hwy 93 South. Up and over Gibbon Pass to camp at Shadow Lake Campground on day 1.

Day 2 was a short hike to Balls Pass Junction CG, then after a short break off to explore Ball Pass, in my opinion one of the best vistas anywhere.

Day 3 we hiked over Whistling Pass on the way to Pharaoh Creek CG, with a scramble up Pharaoh Peak, lunch at Scarab Lake, and a visit to Egypt Lake on the way.

Day 4 was hiking over Healy Pass and out to the Sunshine Village parking lot where our car had been moved to.

Lots of stories from this adventure,  was a lot of fun to revisit and write.

Photo 1 - evening as Shadow Lake

Photo 2 - pre-hike happy team photo

Photo 3 - Arnica Lake, where we had lunch

Photo 4 - the yellow of Larches starting to come in

Photo 5 - the golden meadows of th high alpine at Gibbon Pass

Photo 6 - view all the way to Mt Assiniboine from Gibbon Pass, about 70 km away

Photo 8 - mushrooms in the undergrowth as we approach Shadow Lake CG

Photo 9 - Frosty guarding our campsite

Photo 10 - still smiling at the end of th day at Shadow Lake

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The trip summaries for Days 10, 11 and 12 from ou The trip summaries  for Days 10, 11 and 12 from our 2021 GDT Section E hike is now up on www.Bootwreckers.com, see link in bio

We had a great end to the trip. Day 9 was a short day from our wild camp on the Bald Hills to Evelyn Crk Campground. Day 10 was a spectacular hike up over Little and Big Shovel Passes to the iconic Jasper Skyline Trail. Camping at Signal Campground. 

Day 11 was an easy walk into Jasper.

The trip was an amazing experience over 11 days, I met and hiked with many people but big props to my kid, who for some reason keeps hiking with me.

Photo 1 - end of hike, looking off into the distance, across th Athabasca River at Cairngorm Mt. 

Photo 2 - morning Bald Hills

Photo 3 - campsite Evelyn Crk CG

Photo 4 - Reading before bed

Photo 5 - fresh bear print on the trail

Photo 6 - Little Shovel Pass

Photo 7 - Snowbowl

Photo 8 - Last grind up to the Notch

Photo 9 - looking east from the Skyline down through Excelsior Creek

Photo 10 At campsite Signal Campground 

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Day 7 and 8 on our GDT trip from last summer. Day Day 7 and 8 on our GDT trip from last summer.

Day 7 was from Waterfalls CG to a meadow in the Six Passes Route. Was a wet, moist day. Numerous creek crossings. Left the main GDT route at Maligne Pass and went off trail into the Six Passes. 

Spent the first night in an amazing meadow. With rain in the forecast we did 5 passes and the ridge walk in one day.

In one word the day was "Epic" . Was a spectacular journey. Huge day, 23 km and over 1500m up and down. So happy we did it, but we were so relieved to put in the tent somewhere flat.

Picture 1) the view of the Six Passes Route from the top of the first pass

Picture 2) me getting ready to leave Waterfalls CG

Picture 3) crossing a creek on a wet log

Picture 4) camping Six Passes

Picture 5) hiking Six Passes

Picture 6) sunrise pass # 2

Picture 7) it's a rocky climb

Picture 8) mmmm chocolate 

Picture 9) the final ascent on the ridge

Picture 10) happy to be home for the evening

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First 5 days of my 11 day 2021 Great Divide Trail First 5 days of my 11 day 2021 Great Divide Trail Hike Section E is up on Bootwreckers, see link in bio.

Includes the 2 days I did on Section D but aborted due to smoke.

Picture 1) Camp on Owen Creek
Picture 2) Camp at Lower Michelle Lake
Picture 3) Pinto Pass
Picture 4) hiking up Cataract Creek
Picture 5) Smokey sunrise over the Brazeau River

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Fun trip out to the Ink Pots in Banff NP on Decemb Fun trip out to the Ink Pots in Banff NP on December 31st.

Was very cold, -30C, but bluebird skies overhead.

Did a little snowshoeing in the meadow.

Saw almost no one above the upper falls at Johnson Canyon.

Fun adventure.

Happy New Year everyone.

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Day 6 Section E Great Divide Trail Hike 2021 (Part Day 6 Section E Great Divide Trail Hike 2021 (Part 1)

Fun day on the trail heading from Four Points CG to Waterfalls CG. 

The day started dry but damp from the rainfall overnight. As we left the Brazeau River valley and headed up to Jonas Pass the storm clouds blew in forcing us to get our wet weather gear on. 

I discovered shortly after that it is great to have gloves for hiking, but that they should be accessible, not buried somewhere in the pack.

The storm was quite fierce but luckily brief. We arrived at Jonas pass and were able to put our rain gear away.

The clouds would remain with for the duration of the hike adding some mood to the hike.

This was my second time hiking over Jonas Pass and Jonas Shoulder and both times it has rained.

We arrived at Jonas Shoulder. We took some time to enjoy the view and let off some steam. The rest of the hike would be downhill.

Happy Friday

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Waterfall on Owen Creek, Day 1 GDT Section E. Req Waterfall on Owen Creek, Day 1 GDT Section E.

Required a fun bit of scrambling to access.

Happy Friday

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Day 5 GDT 2021 Section E. This day was memorable Day 5 GDT 2021 Section E.

This day was memorable for a few reasons. First waking up to more smoke.

First photo is the sun rising over the mountains at 8:30am, shouldn't really be that red.

Doing the extra distance on day 4 meant that this day I had a 3.1 km hike from Boulder Crk CG to Four Points CG.

I could not extend the day as Emily was joining me on this day coming in from the Nigel Pass trailhead and the next campground on our route would be to far to reach on this day.

When I arrived at Four Points it was just before 8am! Must be my shortest day ever.

I spent the day reading and waiting for Emily. I heard her bear calling down the trail about a minute before she arrived.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing. Met some some people from Calgary who I had a mutual friend with, he used to be their cross country ski coach.

We went to bed reasonably early as we had a decent day ahead of us tomorrow.

The smoke was lifting as we went to bed. 

The last photo is Links' Happy Badass Bandana. Still miss my little hiking partner.

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Day 4 Great Divide Trail Section E. Pinto Lakes to Day 4 Great Divide Trail Section E. Pinto Lakes to Boulder Creek CG.

Super fun day full of adventure and a lot of smoke. This was a big day, 32 km over Cataract Pass into the upper reaches of Bourgeau Creek in Jasper NP.

After the clear skies of my astrophotography in the middle of the night I got up at 5am, jst 3 hours after I put the camera away, to join my trail companions Jason and Bent for the day. 

The terrain was suppose to be rugged and the trail a little iffy so I thought it would be good to have some companions. As it was we got took two wrong turns in the first 15 minutes.

After several steam crossings, some with suspect bridge work, finally had to cross a wide stream and get wet feet. I had sandals, but my companions ploughed through so I figured I had to keep up.

I found a rock with ancient Indigenous petroglyphs. It is just off trail, but a good day and a half hike from any road.

We passed from Banff NP to Alberta Parks Wilderness area. There is wild camping in the Wilderness area, but good camping spots are hard to find.

I was going to stop for the day short of Cataract Pass, but it was so smokey I thought I would continue on.

We had lunch at the base of Cataract Pass. I used Frosty Paws as a table for my lunch.

It was such a big day I will conclude the trip in another post.

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Milky Way and the Persaids Meteor Shower. Pinto La Milky Way and the Persaids Meteor Shower. Pinto Lake

On the night of day 3 I got up at 2am to take photos of the night sky. I was hoping to catch the Milky Way and I knew that the Perseids was going on, so hoping to see both.

I must have seen a good couple of dozen meteors during the hour I was awake.

I went to sleep in my hiking clothes because I knew I was getting up at 2am to take photos then we had a big day ahead of us so the breakfast wake up call was 5am!

I got so lucky with the pictures as in the couple's hours between returning to bed and getting up to start Day 4, the smoke rolled in.

Photo 1 is the Milky Way but no meteor. There are meteors in the following three photos.

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Great Divide Trail Section E, Valley after first p Great Divide Trail Section E, Valley after first pass on the Six Passes route.

New post on www.Bootwreckers.com, preparation and plan for my GDT Section D and E hike for the summer of 2021 (see link in bio)

Learned a lot from last year,  still discovered some new things about hiking and camping.

First post has to do with all aspects of preparation:
- Gear
- Food
- Training
- Itinerary 

The GDT - Where everyday is an adventure.

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Day 3 of my trip on Great Divide Trail Section E. Day 3 of my trip on Great Divide Trail Section E.

Relatively easy day from Michelle Lakes to Pinto Lake, only over two passes.

I started traveling with two guys I met actually at Yoho a week back, Jason and Bent.

Of course Frosty was on trip, enjoying the early morning at Michelle Lakes.

The first Lake is Upper Michelle Lake.

The photo of me at the pass is at the unofficial names Michelle Pass. Then it was up to Pinto Pass.

I took a one last picture back to Michelle Pass. Last picture is at Pinto Lake.

Great day, only got a little lost.

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Jupiter and 4 little moons First try at astrophot Jupiter and 4 little moons

First try at astrophotography using my camera attached to a telescope, 8" Celeron

Pretty happy with results. Need to research settings for camera to get some colour on Jupiter, but for a first try pretty happy.

Taken from field near Two Jack Lake in Banff NP. Jupiter was over Mt Rundle.

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Another photo of the waterfall at Michelle Lakes, Another photo of the waterfall at Michelle Lakes, Day 2 GDT Section E.

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Campsite at Lower Michelle Lakes, Day 2 GDT Sectio Campsite at Lower Michelle Lakes, Day 2 GDT Section E.

Scored the best campsite on the trip at Lower Michelle Lakes. Had more own personal waterfall. Frosty as always had the best spot.

Spent the day relaxing, reading and watching the helicopter activity. 

Started the next day hiking with Jason and Bent who camped by Upper Michelle Lakes and did not know about the waterfall.

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Morning at Ball Pass Junction, west end of Haiduk Morning at Ball Pass Junction, west end of Haiduk Peak.  Day 3 of our hike around the Egypt Lake area. Thrilled with the colours of the morning sky.

We had some rain overnight, but not much. The clouds lifted off later in the morning. 

Another great day on the trail with @sio.mellors

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Evening at Shadow Lake, Banff NP. Super fun 4 day Evening at Shadow Lake, Banff NP.

Super fun 4 day hike with @sio.mellors thought the trails around Egypt Lake area.

Shadow Lake was our first evening and was a lovely place to watch the sunset.

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Day 1 Great Divide Trail Section E 2021, Saskatche Day 1 Great Divide Trail Section E 2021, Saskatchewan River Crossing to Upper Owens Creek.

First day of my 11 day hike from Sask River Crossing to Jasper. I was solo for the first 5 days before being joined my my daughter at Four Points CG.

This was only day I actuall slept on my own.

I left Sask River Crossing at 12:30pm followed an old road that intersected th GDT just past the park gates.

Hiked until about 6:30pm as I wanted to camp near tree line for a clear view of th nights sky. The sky was clear and the Perseids Meteor shower was on and did not disappoint 

Photo 1) my tent and the Milky Way

Photo 2) Me getting ready to  head out

Photo 3) view looking West along th north Saskatchewan River

Photo 4) water dropping into the canyon on Owens Creek

Photo 5) the slide that gave people grief earlier in the summer was passable at creek level

Photo 6) the confluence was a mess a hard going

Photo 7) nice waterfall after th confluence

Photo 8) little Canyon near upper reaches of th creek

Photo 9) dinner cooking in th kitchen

Photo 10) Frosty Paws, me and my tent

Was a great day out on th trail.

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