Thursday we shot east for a mind-clearing hike up to Raven Lake. This trail was established in the 70's by...um....an alpine club of some nomenclature. I forget! But, the point is that this ~40 year old trail was the one that almost stymied me this past winter. Walking along the scrubby alpine after a hefty uphill during an equally hefty snowfall left me trail-less, lost and lacking energy. This time around, the 40 year old trail held its own and allowed us to make it to the cabin on the lake with no problems, no lost ways, and no unnecessary loss of energy.
The views were, as every hike in BC allows for, stunning. Stunning, breathtaking and reaffirming a godless world. just because. So we made it to the cabin on the lake, continued up the ridge behind the lake, circumnavigated around the cirque ridge and doubled back on the tail to take us back down to the trailhead.
All in all, glorious weather, views, day, experience, effort and not one bear to worry us. That we saw, at least.
These views also come with the reality of clearcutting in BC. Again and again, everywhere....the forests are losing a battle to help us keep up with consumerism, waste and economic 'progress'. The rock will never be mined, and the snow will never be controlled, but the forests - the fleeting biological cover of it all - will, have been, and most dominantly will be controlled and defeated. Just to keep progress progressing.
The views were, as every hike in BC allows for, stunning. Stunning, breathtaking and reaffirming a godless world. just because. So we made it to the cabin on the lake, continued up the ridge behind the lake, circumnavigated around the cirque ridge and doubled back on the tail to take us back down to the trailhead.
All in all, glorious weather, views, day, experience, effort and not one bear to worry us. That we saw, at least.
These views also come with the reality of clearcutting in BC. Again and again, everywhere....the forests are losing a battle to help us keep up with consumerism, waste and economic 'progress'. The rock will never be mined, and the snow will never be controlled, but the forests - the fleeting biological cover of it all - will, have been, and most dominantly will be controlled and defeated. Just to keep progress progressing.
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