If any readers of this Blog were to walk with me at any time on my epic hike this would have been the hike to do it. Here is why. The hike was all down hill and it was only about 4 km. Also if someone had come with me then I could have got a ride back to my starting point. I sure hope that I don't have to walk 'there and back' on every part of this hike.
The upside is that the walk back to my car was the best part of the whole walk. Here is why. Last winter I cross country skied on a trail that paralleled the Cameron Lake road. I skied it from the Akamina Pass trail head to the Winter Gate. So I knew about this ski trail and so I walked the first ways on that trail. But I didn't know of any trail from the Winter Gate to the Rowe Lakes trail head. So I walked that portion on the Cameron Lake road. When I got to the Rowe Lakes trail I rested by Rowe Creek.
I found a trail from the Cameron Lake road that crosses Cameron Creek and then more or less parallels Cameron Creek back to the 'Winter Gate'. This trail is more of a ski trail and so it does not show a lot of use as a hiking trail. It passes through a variety of woods and forests including what I would consider a grove of old growth conifers. I came upon two small waterfalls along the trail.
This is a wonderful walk through the woods.
The total hike was about 8.5 km, 2 hours 15 minutes moving time, 1 hour 5 min, stopped. Total ascent was 496 ft. Maximum elevation was 5559 feet.
I have been very much encouraged by these few hikes that I have taken and so I am planning my next hike. The next hike will however require a few over night stays. I plan to hike the Rowe Lakes, Lone Lake, Twin Lakes trails and then exit the park over the Avion Ridge. I hope to arraing to be picked up in the West Castle River District. I inquired at the Waterton Park Information Centre and some random camping is allowed so I think that I can break hike up into manageable sections and then allow an appropriate number of days to complete the hike.
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