The Peace River

I have not been so diligent at keeping this Blog up to date but a recent walk, near Hudson's Hope, BC, has  inspired me to make an entry. There has been enough warm weather recently to settle the snow sufficiently to make walking feasible on most trails now.  This is one of the better walks I have taken. The total distance I walked was about 8 km, but it was the 1 km, more or less, along the high bank of the the Peace River that was most inspiring. There is something about large rivers and Grand valleys which stirs my soul. On this walk my view of the Peace River, framed in it's immense and seemingly timeless valley, has again stirred my passion for such places.

There is a proposal by BC Hydro, currently in progress, to obtain approval to build a hydroelectric dam downstream near the town of Taylor. If Site C is built this river will be changed forever.

Akamina Again, (When It Is This Good You Have To Go Back)

March 28, 2012, walk with my brother and his son to Akamina Pass and back.

I just had to do one more hike because on the following day I was getting a bit od surgery done I and I don't know how long it will be before I am back hiking again. This was an early spring hike that might have been better on snowshoes or skis but we had a good hike on snow.

My Blog on March 25, 2011 is about skiing to the Akamina Pass. The top photo here shows the snow on the roof of the Kiosk there. I now conclude that much of the accumulated snow had been knocked off or slid off because this year the weight of snow on the Kiosk was so great that it pulled the roof off and dumped all the snow on the east side.

Distance: 5.93 km.

Time: 2 hrs 5 min moving, 30 min stopped.