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Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek


by ChrisW » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:25 am

Date walked: 15/01/2013

Time taken: 3

Distance: 10.4 km

Ascent: 340m

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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:46 am

BlackPanther wrote:Back home and up to your knees in snow again! Plus some iced-river walking - that's my type of entertainment! :D :D
Glad to see you are enjoying the winter, mountains look as stunning as always and these falls don't really seem small for me... Well, maybe not Niagara, but still just as good as Scottish ones :lol:
We climbed our first 2013 mountain yesterday - temperatures in Scotland have dropped below zero and small streams higher on the hills are frozen solid. Forecast for Wed/Thu night says -7* in Beauly, -14* Kingussie and Aviemore. Brrrrrr.... We're experiencing a wee taste of Canadian weather. Not that I'm complaining :wink:

Thaks BP, its nice to be back into some nice cool temps, those falls apparently get enormous later in the year. Your temps are a bit too cool I think (-14 over here is nice because it is so dry, but over there its bloody cold :lol: )

DaveB1 wrote:That's better Chris, back to the white stuff. Superb pics, I guess the bears are hibernating :lol: I think you've got at least 20 degrees start on 'cold', but we are trying hard here in Blighty. Keep them coming, Dave

Cheers Dave, we've had a warm (well Canadian warm) few days on the bounce now, I might be able to get up a mountain if this continues.... :crazy:....though if it gets too warm the bears will think its spring :shock:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby Johnny Corbett » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:08 pm

Nice one Chris. Got a trip planned to Canada at end of June so hope to get a few walks in and give you some competition :wink:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby johnkaysleftleg » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:13 pm

A drier version of gorge walking. Great report and pics as ever.
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:36 am

Johnny Corbett wrote:Nice one Chris. Got a trip planned to Canada at end of June so hope to get a few walks in and give you some competition :wink:

Cheers JC, where are you heading?
johnkaysleftleg wrote:A drier version of gorge walking. Great report and pics as ever.

Thanks JK, I might go back in summer and do a wet wander up here :wink:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby Phooooey » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:28 pm

Truly beautiful as always. Awesome photos and great report. I'm sooo jealous !! 8)
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby Johnny Corbett » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:59 pm

Hi Chris, heading to Ottowa. My Canadian guide, alias Kims brother in law, is hopefully planning a few routes as we speak :D
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:03 am

Phooooey wrote:Truly beautiful as always. Awesome photos and great report. I'm sooo jealous !! 8)

Thanks Phooooey, hoping to get out again this week...so I'd better get my act together :lol:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:06 am

Johnny Corbett wrote:Hi Chris, heading to Ottowa. My Canadian guide, alias Kims brother in law, is hopefully planning a few routes as we speak :D


Ooooh nice JC, I'm not sure about the hills out there but there are more lakes than you can point a stick at :lol: It will be interesting to see some pics from your Canadian hikes if possible, I'm hoping to get out that way this year on a long road trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia, stopping to hike where possible :wink:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby pollyh33 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:24 am

Absolutely wonderful Chris :clap: :clap:

That frozen river looked super scary :shock: :shock: :shock:

Can't believe you didn't spend your whole time on your bahookie, I would definitely have been getting up close and personal with it :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:11 am

pollyh33 wrote:Absolutely wonderful Chris :clap: :clap: That frozen river looked super scary :shock: :shock: :shock: Can't believe you didn't spend your whole time on your bahookie, I would definitely have been getting up close and personal with it :lol: :lol: :lol:


:lol: Thanks Polly, it was easy walking on the ice with micros on, though upstream in the snow with boulders underneath it...I was on my bahookie as much as on my feet I reckon :lol:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby clivegrif » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:48 pm

Hi Chris

What an amazing place!

Last time I was able to walk on a 'river' it was when the Grand Union Canal in the Chilterns froze solid back in the mid '80s!

I just love your reports, you live in such a fabulous area.

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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:16 am

clivegrif wrote:Hi Chris What an amazing place! Last time I was able to walk on a 'river' it was when the Grand Union Canal in the Chilterns froze solid back in the mid '80s! I just love your reports, you live in such a fabulous area.
Cheers Clive

Cheers Clive, I sometimes have to pinch myself just to make sure I'm still really here :lol: hard to imagine the Grand Union getting solid enough nowadays .....global warming takes all the fun out of winter :roll:
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby raykilhams » Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:00 pm

once again Chris great report plus stunning pics , always enjoy your reports ...keep them coming and I`ll keep dreaming
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby Rekrab » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:24 am

Good stuff I can't wait to be back
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Re: Canada - A little something different, Grotto Creek

Postby ChrisW » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:29 am

raykilhams wrote:once again Chris great report plus stunning pics , always enjoy your reports ...keep them coming and I`ll keep dreaming

Cheers Ray, might get up a mountain this week, the weather has been warm (2-5 degrees) for a few days now and a good thaw has set in so there might be another one along soon :D
Rekrab wrote:Good stuff I can't wait to be back

Cheers MacKenzie, this is the place to be :wink:
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