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Sunday Jul 29, 2018 #
9 AM
Hiking 5:08:10 [2] 20.04 km (15:23 / km) +1205m 11:49 / km
ahr:111 max:156
Iceberg Lake and Screaming Cat Lake in Whistler.
I was surprised by how quiet the Iceberg Lake trail was. It is very instagrammable so expected it to be heaving. Only 1 other car at the trailhead when I left, and 6 when I got back.
The ascent to Iceberg Lake along 19 Mile Creek was lovely. A varied trail, without the usual endless switchbacks. Lots of water sources and a waterfall. Bugs weren't too bad. Final scramble up to the lake is in the sub-alpine, and lots of flowers should be out soon. It's ~7.5km and just over 2 hours to get up.
I decided not to do an out-and-back, and looped around Skywalk North trail to Screaming Cat Lake. This was disappointing. I was expected full alpine, but it was bits of sub-alpine and mostly forest. The haze limited views. The bugs were awful - I had bug spray and a bug net and still got bit! Screaming Cat Lake is nothing impressive. The descent down Flank trail was very tedious. I'd definitely recommend just heading back down 19 Mile Creek (or trying to make a loop via Skywalk South).
I was surprised by how quiet the Iceberg Lake trail was. It is very instagrammable so expected it to be heaving. Only 1 other car at the trailhead when I left, and 6 when I got back.
The ascent to Iceberg Lake along 19 Mile Creek was lovely. A varied trail, without the usual endless switchbacks. Lots of water sources and a waterfall. Bugs weren't too bad. Final scramble up to the lake is in the sub-alpine, and lots of flowers should be out soon. It's ~7.5km and just over 2 hours to get up.
I decided not to do an out-and-back, and looped around Skywalk North trail to Screaming Cat Lake. This was disappointing. I was expected full alpine, but it was bits of sub-alpine and mostly forest. The haze limited views. The bugs were awful - I had bug spray and a bug net and still got bit! Screaming Cat Lake is nothing impressive. The descent down Flank trail was very tedious. I'd definitely recommend just heading back down 19 Mile Creek (or trying to make a loop via Skywalk South).
Saturday Jul 28, 2018 #
9 AM
Cycling 30:25 [3] 11.88 km (23.4 kph) +123m
ahr:146 max:167
Demo road to the hatchery.
10 AM
Hiking 1:51:46 [2] 3.92 km (28:31 / km) +426m 18:28 / km
ahr:111 max:153
Attempt to climb the Mt Bishop trail. It is incredibly steep, with many rope sections. I turned back at the 600m level (Vicar lakes are at ~1000m, summit at ~1500m) as I was going much slower than I expected and I didn't have enough food or water for such a long outing. I'll try again at some point, but be better prepared.
1 PM
Cycling 31:18 [3] 11.96 km (22.9 kph) +155m
ahr:148 max:166
Back along the demo road to LSCR (after checking out the viewpoint)
Thursday Jul 26, 2018 #
5 PM
Running 45:01 [3] 8.45 km (5:20 / km) +103m 5:01 / km
ahr:146 max:163 shoes: on Cloudflow Grey
10min warmup
25min marathon pace (wasn't feeling up for a proper tempo run)
10min cooldown
25min marathon pace (wasn't feeling up for a proper tempo run)
10min cooldown
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018 #
7 PM
Orienteering 34:03 [4] 6.61 km (5:09 / km) +33m 5:02 / km
ahr:160 max:173 shoes: on Cloudflow Grey
Fun WET at Acadia. Made a few bobbles coming out of control circles, but I blame my lack of compass.
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018 #
12 PM
Running 38:38 [3] 6.79 km (5:41 / km) +104m 5:17 / km
ahr:151 max:178 shoes: on Cloudflow Grey
10min warmup
3 x 1km hilly loops
10 min cooldown
Very warm. Legs didn't have much in them. Had to get back for a meeting, and was glad to skip loops 4 and 5.
3 x 1km hilly loops
10 min cooldown
Very warm. Legs didn't have much in them. Had to get back for a meeting, and was glad to skip loops 4 and 5.