LAKE HOPPING ON A FATBIKE

A selfie before departure.

The GPS track:
DISTANCE:  7.5 miles
TERRAIN:  snow, glare ice, snowmachine trails, pipeline corridors, plowed and maintained roads.
TIME:  1:45 hours

The view from the handlebars at the edge of Island Lake.  Getting ready to ride across the ice.

Fatbike and signage at Thetis Lake.

Always be mindful of aircraft on the roadway...fatbikes, too.  That's Parsons Lake in the background.

After leaving Parsons Lake the remainder of the ride looked like this.  Plowed and maintained roads all the way.

The heatwave and resulting meltdown last month created extremely favorable conditions for riding fatbikes.  The snow is frozen as hard as cement and big tires roll over it with ease resulting in snowmachine trails that are smooth and fast.  A perfect scenario for riding from lake to lake--lake hopping on a fatbike.

I pedaled out of my driveway and onto the ice of Island Lake which was slippery in spots, so I traveled slowly until reaching the public boat ramp across the lake.  I rode over to Thetis Lake and then down a snowmachine trail to a pipeline corridor, and another snowmachine trail, to Parsons Lake.  After crossing the ice of Parsons Lake I took plowed and maintained roads back to my house.

Lake hopping loops are just about limitless when conditions are like this and I'm already planning several others.  All it takes is looking at a map and connecting the lakes.  Then hop on yer fatbike and go!