After a light snowfall in early December, we hiked an old trail from McQueen Lake to Isobel Lake.    The trail was used decades ago as a cross country ski, snowshoe, or hiking trail from McQueen Lake to Isobel Lake.    Forestry staff installed interpretative signs along the route.     It has since fallen into disuse, mainly because there is very little parking there at the trailhead    The mountain biking community has adopted and improved the old trails and now uses a large parking area at Isobel Lake, but the western end of the trail system doesn’t work for winter use (fat tire biking), nor for the BC Rec Site at Isobel Lake, so the Forestry Capital Trail has become an unofficial route, used only by a few people who know where it is.  

We parked near the trailhead and hiked 2 km on a single track to the lake area trails.   

We continued around the lake, stopping for tea at the picnic shelter.   On this day, there was no one else on the trails.

Back at the west end of the lake, we had completed our loop, so we went back the way we came for a total of 7.5 km.   This is a hike we do in shoulder season each year.   A few more images from the hike are shared here.    Click an image for a lightbox view and a caption.

at the Rec Site on Isobel Lake

along the lake trail

frost on a snag on an islet

the west end of Isobel Lake

a map from a former snowshoe of the same route

Snowshoe season is next….