Our plan was to return to the ridge above Battleship Lake to check out viewpoints with clear skies. With only three of us to share trail breaking we decided to stick to existing packed trails. We didn't stick to either of those plans. We saw a trail heading up from Battleship to the area we wanted to explore so we broke trail across the lake. When we reached the trail we found that it was mostly filled with fresh snow, so it took more effort to follow than the untracked snow. New plan... break trail back across the lake to the Mackenzie, Battleship trail near the south end of the lake. We followed an easy trail to Kooso Lake then broke trail through the forest up and over to Lake Helen Mackenzie. More trail breaking on Helen Mackenzie took us back to the lakes loop which we followed back to our cars. Our 9 kilometer loop included way more trail breaking than planned, but it was a great workout in the sun.
Photos by Annette and Bill.
Photos by Annette and Bill.