Kayak club
ciosing down
for winter

THIS weekend is your last
chance to hop aboard and go
for a ride with the West
Vancouver Kayak Club.

The club operates at
Ambleside Beach from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m through to Monday
(Sept. 27).

A joint partnership
between Sage Wilderness
Experiences and the West Van
Parks and Recreation
Department, the club offers a
variety of ocean kayak pro-
grams to the public, including
lessons, guided excursions
and self-guided excursions,

According to West Van's
Outdoor Recreation
Coordinator jennifer Lidster,
the 25-hour sunset paddie
and the introductory ‘Paddie
and Splash’ fesson have
proven to be the hot tickets.

“Local residents have had
to drive a long way from
home to use ocean kayaks,”
repons Lidster. “We're thrilled
to be offering kayak programs
in our. own backyard.”

For. more information
about the West Vancouver
Kayak Club call 983-3108.

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TE you’re looking for a
unique alpine adventure
that includes flowering
meadows, glacial lakes
and a dormant volcano,
head east on

Highway lL,

carn right at
Abbotsford,

cross the bor-

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for Mt. Baker.

Boasting = nu-
merous campsites
and hundreds of
trails, and despite
being within two hours of
both Vancouver and Seattle,
the Mr. Baker Wilderness area
is relatively uncrowded given
the stunning scenery and easy
access.

Last weekend the Gur &
About gang rolled into the
Glacier Public Service Centre
on Highway 542 ar dinner-
time, and just 15 minutes later
were setting up the tent at the
Douglas Fir Campground.
Overnight tecs are $10 per
site, and bundles of wood are
S4 (all U.S. currency).

From this base camp, the
alpine area of Heather
Meadows is just a short car
ride up Highway 542 at the
Artist Point parking lot (just
past the downhill hill ski area).

From here you have ¢
number of options for your
hiking pleasure, and like all the
trails in this wilderness area,
the wails are well-marked.

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out & about

pick up the Prarmigan Ridge
trailhead at the southwest side
of the parking lot, a 15.1-kilo-
metre round-trip hike that
gains 305 metres in elevation
and takes you across a glacial
ridge that seems
within arms
reach oof Mr.
Baker's siow-
capped summit.
With the large
snowfall the
area experi-
enced last: win-
ter, snow still
covers some of
the tail. An ice-
axe or walking
stick will greatly help your
travels.

An equaily exhilarating,
ramble is the 10.5-kilometre
Lake Ann round-trip bike.

The start of this trail sets off

from the south end of the
parking lot and immediately
drops you into a tush and
flowering alpine valley. Baker
looms on your right as you foi-
low a small creek that cuts the
valley floor in half. When you
reach a fork in the trail

(approximately 2.1 kilome-
tres) Lake Ann is feft while the
right fork takes you to 2 ridge
above the glacial lake. Each
fork connects with cach other
in a loop, so either way you go
you won't miss a thing. The
lake is a great place to stop for
lunch: you can be entertained
waiching climbers rake on the
steep rock faces to the east.

New to the Mount Baker
Wilderness area this year is a
$5 parking fee. Machines like
the ones at Stanley Park are
located at bath the Glacier
Public Service Centre and at
the Artise Point parking lot
(U.S. cash and eredit cards are
accepted ).

By far the best handbook
available on the area is Don’r
Waste Your Time In The North
Cascailes, by Kathy and Craig
Copeland (subtitled = An
Opinionated Hiking Guide to
help yeu get ihe most from this
magnificent Wilderness). Well-
researched and as the title sug-
gests, 2 real time-saver.

Also, detailed trail maps are
available at the Glacier Public
Service Centre.

THE pristine wilderness of Heather Meadows Inthe
Nit. Baker National Recreation Area is just $0 minutes
from the North Shore, The 8,600 acre. park offers
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