It was both a physical and psychological stretch for me to successfully climb to the 2536m summit of Mt Burke today. It took a LONG time, but the climb was completed.

I accessed the Blackfoot trails from the Waskehegan Connector Trail, did some geocache maintenance, continued to Push Shelter and returned on Ed’s Way, a trail I’d hiked before.

I did a 15 km figure eight loop hike to Meadow Shelter in the Cooking Lake Blackfoot Recreational Area today.

I hiked from the Islet Lake Staging Area to Push Lake Shelter, then to Lost Lake Shelter and continued on in a wide loop back to the staging area.

It’s been a long time since I’ve walked the trails near Joseph Lake. It was fun rediscoving the place all over again.

I after a long absence, I “rediscovered” a grand loop hike in the southeast section of the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. It’s a route I call the “Mitchell Loop”, named after a cabin tucked in the woods along the way.