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Still snowshoeing
Well i've been back a week or so now from my time in the city doing home care for my dad who recently got out of the hospital. I stayed to where he was doing most things himself again and then headed back to the Kootenays. Took a few days to get grounded back into country life and once the rain stopped i headed out on a few hikes some with snow and others not. Here's one i did on easter sunday up the little slocan valley from me. Most of the snow is gone at my place but when you head up the valley eight miles makes a big difference.
Heading out,,a view up the valley.
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Once i got back to Koch Junction i parked the truck and pulled out the snowshoes cause there was still 1.5'-3' of snow on the ground .
The beginning of the trail.
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Farther along i start to head down to the canyon , trail gets narrower.
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First point where you start to see the canyon . I sat here for lunch in a sizable tree well.
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After lunch i headed down a narrow trail which made me a little nervous as its a hillside covered in a couple of feet of wet snow straight down to the river.
Its short,,,,didn't want the thing to slide,,,held my breath a bit.
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First shot of the falls.Their about thirty feet high.
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It was too dangerous to head down the hill for a close up because of the snow conditions so just zoomed in
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Still lots of snow on the mnts around here
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A very nice day hike,,warm and snowshoeing to boot.
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The only down part was my truck broke down out here and i had to catch a ride with some weekend snow mobilers and then go back out yesterday with a friend and tow it back to the main part of the valley where my mechanic is looking at it now.
I go to the falls two or three times /yr and had some other photo's i never wrote about so i'll through in some summer fall photo's here.
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very nice lunch spot down by the water.
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Just above the falls
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very cool heart shaped pool . Its about 6-8ft across. The one in the foreground is allot bigger going behind me about ten feet.
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The falls,,, probably summer. During spring breakup which is just starting this area will fill up and explode with water.
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enjoy
bill
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Wow, nice pics, and I hate that I am sitting here in the office. 40 minutes till quiting time, but still no scenery like you have. I am so very jealous. I may have to move north. :)
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Great pictures. Thanks for the trip report!
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Beats the heck out of staring at cubicle walls all day long...
Thanks for the scenery!
Shnick
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Awesome Bill! That's great you got out there in the woods and unlike many of us, still seeing snow. Thanks for the great pics.
Fronkey
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Sorry to hear about the truck but those are some fantastic pictures! I really didn't use the time properly when I lived out there!
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Very nice shots Bill. Sucks to have truck trouble but what a great looking area. I can see some big rainbows living in the pools of that river. :)
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Great stuff Bill. Glad to hear your Dad is doing better too.
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Sorry about the truck, glad to hear your Dad is better. You do live in some beautiful country! Thanks!
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Great pics. Quick question: what is snow? I seem to have forgotten.