Forbidden Plateau

The first night we hiked in a couple of kilometers into Helen Mackenzie Lake, and set up camp here. It rained. We were wet. It sucked.


Then we woke up to this and I convinced Sarah it was worth continuing for another day. We'd gamble on the weather, and hope for the best.


Breakfast.


The campsite was very well built up. It took some of the charm away from wild camping, but I suppose in the rain it's not so bad. At least it kept us out of the mud.


We took off through alpine meadows. They were incredible. They looked like giant playgrounds, except that if you touched them, they died. Needless to say, Maggie had something of a large footprint. It was very cool. There are little clear ponds and lakes spread out over the land, the trees are all stunted, and the ground cover looked like tundra.


BC is too big for simple pictures, so I started playing with the panoramic setting on the camera. It worked pretty well. This is a hill about halfway on Saturday. We stopped here for a snack before continuing.


This is our humble campground. Nice and clean with a view on the mountains and the lake.


After setting up camp, we dropped our packs and set off towards a Cruikshank Canyon. This is Mariwood lake, on the way.


I forced Sarah to take this picture.


Again, BC is too big. This is a panoramic view of the alpine meadows. Those snowy peaks are outside Strathcona and are across the canyon.


Here was our first view of Cruikshank Canyon. Precipitous cliffs all around. We tied Maggie up to make sure she didn't sail off the edge. For my part, just looking at this picture make my knees weak. Heights are scary. Anyways, it was very big and totally worth the side trip out there.


Of course, I also had to play with the panoramic setting on the camera. Luckilly, Sarah didn't fall off.

Remi