Author Archives: Kirby Moore

Gibson Lake This is a stunning photo that I found a good location for.  Most spots showed the fallen trees lining the bottom of the lake, but this spot found a nice reflection for the sky and the majestic mountains in the background. The stream coming out of Gibson Lake (below) travels down the hillsContinue reading “Stunning photo of Gibson Lake”

In the picture below the lake, of the avalanche path, those mountain peaks are at least 3,000 feet above us.  Every slope of the mountains seemed to have those slices of cleared trees through them, where bushes are now growing.  Meaning avalanches happen quite often up there! Above the old growth forest, we continued drivingContinue reading “Gibson Lake below Kokanee Glacier”

Hiking around in the Kokanee Glacier park, we first climbed up a rough wash-boarded logging road, where 4-wheel drive is recommended.  We had to go extremely slow as a result of having a low front-wheel-drive hatchback.  5 km up the logging road, there is a little parking area to hike around in old growth cedarContinue reading “Hiking around old growth cedars”