CDMC

Moat Lake; Fri Mar 19 to Sat Mar 20, 2010; snowshoeing; leader: William Wright

Headed out from Raven Lodge at 2:30 pm as a Hudson's Bay start (In days of old, fur traders would start the first day of a trip late so that they wouldn't get too far from the fort... this was to enable them to return easily if they'd forgotten something). We went up the col to the ranger cabin and via Hairtrigger Lake to the southeast ridge of Strata Mt, where we made camp. The following morning we headed out to Moat Lake via Sid's cabin but couldn't find it... We carried on by McPhee Lake and had morning coffee overlooking Moat Lake. On our return to base camp, we again searched for Sid's cabin and after 2 passes realized it was buried under the monstrous snow that we've had... We packed up camp and had lunch at Hairtrigger Lake. While heading back to the lodge, we found a carved snow message signed Ken and wondered if it was our illustrious president? Bob & I debriefed in the lodge, over drinks, which Bob was kind enough to treat! A superb trip with most excellent vistas.