Frozen Falls on the Red Plateau Escarpment
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Poland Lake Snowshoe
While staying at Manning Park Lodge we decided to snowshoe the Poland Lake Trail. The trail starts at the Gibson Pass Ski Hill, 10 km up the Gibson Pass Road. the summer trail winds through the forest and crosses ski runs, but the winter route is straight up the side of the ski runs. We climbed 372m (1221 ft) in … Continue reading…
Dewdrop Bluffs in Winter
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Continue reading...Lightning Lake Loop
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Continue reading...Cooney Bay in a Snowless January
For most winters we drive down the icy road to the parking lot and walk out on the snow to Cooney Bay. Last year there was no open ground and the bay was covered in ice. In this “snowless” winter, … Continue reading →
Continue reading...Middle Grasslands Stomp
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Continue reading...Jacko Lake Stomp
The Jacko Lake Road is gated in winter but we can walk along the snowy road to the lake, along the shoreline and back for a 4 km moderate hike. There is a bit of parking near the gate or across the other side on the Inks Lakes Road. On this cloudy-sunny winter day, we enjoyed the quiet stomp on … Continue reading…
Rose Hill Ridge
Red Basin Loop
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Continue reading...Observation Point and Echo Canyon
The Observation Point Trail is one of the best hikes in Zion National Park and so when we returned to the park this fall, we hiked the 8 mile out and back trail once again. The trail winds up the lower slopes of Cable Mountain, then crosses into Echo Canyon, following the canyon upstream for 1.2 km. At that point … Continue reading…
Red Hill Loop
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Continue reading...The Frozen Falls in Red Canyon
In the winter the streams that run off the south side of the top of Red Plateau will freeze up. I have found 4 frozen waterfalls recently and I am still exploring to look for more. One of the more interesting falls is at the end of a 2 km hike into a deep canyon between the Dewdrop Trail summit … Continue reading…
Exploring the Snag Hills
Sunset Trail on the Ice
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Continue reading...Balancing Rocks and Old Snags
Rush Lake Loop
On an exploratory hike on the snow, I went south from the Inks Lake Road, climbing old decommissioned double tracks, but as they ran out, I wandered through the forest up the hill. Much of the area has been selectively logged so the scenery was all trees, logs and stumps, and snow. It was a grey day in January, a … Continue reading…