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Benson Access Road in the snow

“Let’s go for a snowshoe,” someone says. “Ok!” I say. “Where?” I say. “Ummm,” they say. We decide on the access road that begins on Nanaimo Lakes road and heads up the back of Mount Benson. Check out the track and pictures here on Trip Tracker.   For some reason the track from last year [...]

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First Snowshoe of the season

First Snowshoe of the season

Earlier today I grabbed my snowshoes and took off for a quick jaunt up Notch Hill in Nanoose; first time on them this winter!  The first 500m really didn’t have enough snow for snowshoes but I wore them anyways – the excitement was too much for me.  It didn’t take very long before there was [...]

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