...no name lake ski tour

The Route: Parking lot at the end of the road at Capt Cook State Park. Over some swamps to circumnavigate the perimeter of a lake with no name. Back over some swamps with patchy snow and down a pipline corridor to a trail back to the parking lot. Distance: 3.5 miles Terrain: Swamps covered with patches of snow. Snow covered lake. Snow covered pipeline corridors.

Laura carries her skis through a no snow zone.

Laura and Mrs. Huffy ski over a narrow patch of snow on our way to the lake.

Mrs. Huffy, Laura, and Gabby at the picnic spot.

The view from the picnic spot.

Signs of Spring.

After lunch Mrs. Huffy decided to relax by listening to some music on her iPod.

Laura plays a game on her iTouch. Note the barren hillside behind her.

Laura stops skiing to look at some open water. We saw a muskrat here but I wasn't fast enough with the camera to get a picure.

My skis at the end of the snow. we had to turn around here and go back the way we came.

Laura and Mrs. Huffy wait for me to turn around due to insufficient snow to ski across the swamp.

We went on what may well be our last ski tour of the season this afternoon. The snow is disappearing quickly and the lack of it forced us to turn around from our intended route and ski back over our previous tracks. The lake was great, once we got there, and we had a wonderful picnic in a sheltered area where we basked in the sun. We stayed there for over an hour. We did have to keep a close eye on Gabby as there were signs of trapping activity near one of the beaver lodges on the far side of the lake. On the way back we tried to take a different route but had to turn back after running out of snow while trying to cross a swamp. We were ultimately able to follow a pipeline corridor which had plenty of snow coverage. Even with the lack of snow it was a great afternoon for taking a...no name lake ski tour.