Name: Bryant Creek Cabin (Banff National Park)Activity: X-Country Skiing/Overnight
Crew: Bennett, Jaimie, Mark, Oliver, Jon, Trevor
Dates: January 20-22, 2017
Summary:
Day 1 - Ski in from Mt Shark Trailhead to Bryant Creek Shelter (14 km)
Day 2 - Ski to Marvel Lake (6 km RT)
Day 3 - Ski back out to Mt Shark Trailhead (14 km)
Update: We stayed at this shelter again as a backpacking trip again in the fall of 2017, and in the winter again in 2019.. Unfortunately we did not have the whole planned group attend- there was a weird flu/cold going around and it seems like everyone caught it! Regardless, we had an amazing weekend with unreal weather and snow conditions. We arrived on Friday, the cabin was chilly as no one had been there for probably about a week, but we got the fire going right away, and by the second night the cabin had warmed up significantly enough that some people (cough Oliver) were wearing shorts.
Bennett and I made a few dehydrated meals using his dehydrator which were more successful than we were expecting! With eggs for breakfast as the clear winner for both of us.
Approaching the cabin (Day 1)
Getting water from the creek - Oliver had to break through the ice with the axe to get to the flowing water
Woke up to this beautiful sunrise (Day 2)
The shelter
Bennett testing the ice on Marvel Lake (Day 2)
Mark on Marvel (Day 2)
Bennett
Oliver
Jaimie, Bennett, and Oliver crossing the creek to the Warden Cabin field
The view from our water hole
Bennett and I in the field in front of the Warden Cabin
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