Marion Lake snow hike 26 November 2013

Jean and I left her home around 8a on a day with milky sunshine.  We had an inversion layer in the valley.  The air was pretty crisp - 20's.  We arrived at Marion lake around 10:30-ish to a big ice pool around the restroom and giant hoarfrost covering the ground.  We were the only ones there.  We hiked to Ann Lake then on to Marion Lake.  As we came up to Ann Lake we heard a noise that sounded like it could be a large animal, and both of us preferred not to think it was bear.  We had Reggie with us and he wasn't alarmed.  We put our yaktrax on when we got to Marion Lake and we continued on the little loop that is supposed to take you to the falls.  No luck finding the falls trail, but we did try by going back again are really looking.  We followed something we thought was a trail for a bit, then cross country, dragging our poles in the snow, but nothing.  We circled back to the lake and had lunch.  Tracks:  bear, cougar, fox, and deer.  But no actual sightings besides an old tent that someone left behind.
Back by 3:45p.

Ann Lake

three fingered Jack in Marion Lake

Cougar print crossing the Marion Creek bridge

Bear tracks too

looking for the falls trail

lunch spot

cool sheet of ice on the trail

hoarfrost