Month: January 2022

Headed out with Heather and Martin for a day of searching for winter camping spots. Checked out location from Renfrew to Griffith to Calabogie and back to Renfrew. Many of the backroads we encountered were closed and seem unused in the winter.

Found a few possible location along the route but might be more suitable for summer camping.

Stopped at Black Donald Creek for a quick snowshoe. Travelled uphill in eight inches of fresh powder for half a kilometre before returning to the creek and snowshoeing along a snowmobile trail on the creek and getting these pictures.

Stopped for a quick lunch in Calabogie and tested out new stove. Martin and I have the same stove. He used propane while I used isobutane. The propane performed 100% better than the isobutane in the -18c and I ended up using his stove to heat my water.

Fun day talking about upcoming 2022 adventures.

Haven’t posted in a while busy with Christmas and such. Had a great week of outdoor adventures this week.

Day 1 – Met up with Heather and Martin for a possible snowshoe around the Alvin Runnalls Forest. Not enough snow to snowshoe but put in a good two hour hike.

Day 2 – Met up with Drew and he showed me around his Grenville hiking location. He’s told me many time about these backroads ut the first time I’ve joined him. Hiked for about two hours. Definitely will be going back to check out the area.

Day 3 – New Years Eve hike with Heather to the shore of the St Lawrence for an New Year’s campfire. Had a great time on a warm evening. Total hiking time was about 90 minutes.

Day 4 – Met up with Heather and Martin to snowshoe from P1. Snowshoed for about 3 hours.

Day 5 – Met up with Heather and Martin again. Martin’s last day in Embrun before moving back to Renfrew. Cross-country skied for 4 hours. The last hour was tough but conditions were great considering the lack of snowfall.