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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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).

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

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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.

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