Jacques Lake

One last trip for the summer... August seemed to be destined to be a grey cool month, but we wouldn't let it deter us. because of our cut short trip we decided that one last trip was in order, but where to go. Although it wasn't our first choice, we knew Jacques Lake suited the cool weather (ie no snow likely). It also is a relatively flat trail, which makes for a relaxing weekend. We left Saturday morning to avoid the rain, and arrived at a large lineup of cars. We got on the trail at about 3 and enjoyed the first part of the trail (up to the second Summit Lake) very much... but soon the trail lost its views and was muddy... we were very relieved to get to the lake, which was beautiful.

As we made dinner we realized we were the only ones likely to be camping that night. It was reinforced when 4 wardens and their horses (8 altogether) arrived (on their way to patrol the South boundary trail for poachers - Sept 1 was the start of hunting season). Day 2 we decided to day hike down the South Boundary trail to look for a potential scramble. We soon found it a few Km down. Unfortunately Richard was having some boot problems, so we ate our lunch, then Angela Scrambled up a little ways, to get some great pictures (it was steeper than it looked BTW ;)

We met up with a few interesting campers the second night - including a couple about to head down the South Boundary trail (an 8 day attempt) and Tim, the semi-retired business owner who took 5 weeks to hike!

Overall it was a relaxing weekend, and we are happy we got to explore the historical lake.