Members Di & Scotty, Maureen, Grace, Jackie & Fred & Dover were accompanied by guests Neal & Sheila & Lucy and Dennis & Cole. Conditions for skiing would have been marginal @ best due to the lack of snow so hiking was a good alternative. We all hiked the 1.9 km to Kinisao Lake at which point the club members headed north to hookup with the Grey Owl trail and the guests headed back the 2.1 km via Brule. Once we got to the Grey Owl Trail we took a load off at the warming shelter.

The wonderfully mild temps meant we did not need to get a fire going although there was alot of wood to be had as the trail crew had recently stocked the wood shed, literally to the rafters. Just as Robert had described, Grey Owl Trail had been rutted by the trail crew vehicles rendering it unsuitable for skiing. It did make for easy hiking though!

We then made our way back the 3.6 km to the parking lot noting what appeared to be wolf tracks along the way. This had Scotty and Dover quite interested. Given the sunny, mild weather (temp @ end of the hike was -3C) the 4 of us decided to hike the Arrowhead Trail. I had skied it many moons ago and had forgotten how rolling the terrain is.

The not so controlled burn of this past fall was evident but did not detract from the scenery one bit. Neal & Sheila’s had graciously offered coffee and cake apres hike, so we stopped in and enjoyed their hospitality. Thanks to all who participated!

Fred & Jackie & Dover