I went on a long hike with my wife today, so I only found time now to type up and post this week's hiking post. For this week, I'm going to cheat a bit a post about Four Lakes Trail at Alice Lake Provincial Park again; but we go back during winter time. We actually hiked this trail in winter first, back in January 2022; and the summer hike was done in September 2023. Because Alice Lake Provincial Park is located quite up north, so it gets a lot of snow fall during winter and the lakes also freeze over. We saw a lot of foot prints on the frozen lake and even saw some people walking on Alice Lake. During our hike, we only visited 3 lakes and skipped Fawn Lake. The winter views are definitely different, with snow everywhere and most things frozen. Seeing the views and the frozen surroundings gave me a sense of serenity and peace. We pretty much hiked the same route as the summer trail. Although the winter views were different, there were still quite a bit of similarities compared to the summer views. After all, it is still the same place, just a different time.

Entrance to the park with the sign. Good thing the roads were plowed.

Trail head with a map of the trail.

Entering the forest heading on the trail.

Frozen dense forest.

Stump Lake. Many footprints on the frozen lake.

More dense forest.

Frozen branches.

Branches falling due to heavy snow weighing on them.

Edith Lake. Still observable footprints on the frozen lake, although they got covered by fresh snow.

Crossing wooden bridge before reaching Alice Lake.

Alice Lake. Partly frozen.

Another look at Alice Lake with people walking on the frozen part of the lake.

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