Ice photos on kicksled (spark) and touring skates, winter 2011-2012

• Alberta ice; dec 2011- Jan 2012
  Skating on the 400 m speed skating oval in Red Deer and the 800 plowed track on Cranna Lake, Lacombe
  • 400 m oval in Red Deer
  • niece on Cranna Lake
• Greenfield Jan 08 2012
  • Beaver Pond Greenfield
• Black River Lake Jan 15 2012
  • map of 42 km tour
  • skate tracks in thin snow layer
  • Toneys Island stump
• Gaspereau Lake Jan 19 2012
  A 50 km skate circumnavigation of Gaspereau Lake.
  • map of 50 km tour
  • Gaspereau Lake start
  • Gaspereau Lake; David skating
  • Gaspereau Lake islands
  • Gaspereau Lake late afternoon
• Black River Lake Jan 26 2012 Also portaged around the "Forks Dam" to skate of West Avon River stillwater
  • West Avon Stillwater , after portage around Forks Dam
  • Black River Lake: SUPER ICE
  • map of 24 km tour
• Black River Lake Jan 29 2012
  • map of 28 km tour
• Black River Lake; Jan 31 2012 Lesley-jane and David join Joel, Liesel and their baby Rowan for kicksled and skate tour in loose snow on Black River Lake
  • Lesley-jane on spark, Liesel (with Rowan) on skates
  • Lesley-jane on spark, Liesel on skates
  • Liesel, Lesley-jane and Joel
  • Joel skating in loose snow
  • Joel and Liesel on Portage
  • 3 sparks , after the portage around the Narrows
  • Route Map Jan 31; black shows open water at Narrows, portage on west side
• Cranberry Lake, Timberlea, Halifax Feb 4
  • map of tour 20 km combination kicksled + skating
  • skating past cliffs
  • skating past the big rock
• Birch Cove Lakes, Halifax Feb 5
  REAL GEMS of wild, wonderful lakes!
  • map of tour 22 km skating
  • Birch Cove Lakes ice falls
• Big Mushamush Lake, near Bridgewater; Feb 8, Feb 10
  • map of tour 24 km Feb 8 (red), 40 km Feb 10 (green)
  • skating on Big Mushamush
  • ice yacht on Big Mushamush
  • late afternoon sunlight on Big Mushamush
• Minamkeak Lake, near Bridgewater; Feb 9
  • map of tour 35 km skate/kicksled
  • Minamkeak sunset
• Big Mushamush; Feb 16 mostly kicksledding with Joel
  • map of tour 24 km skate/kicksled
• Return to Birch Cove Lakes, Halifax Feb 19 We returned to wonderful, wild, Birch Cove Lakes with Dwight.
  • map of tour 24 km skating/kicksledding
  • Dwight outside of the "cave"
  • David in the "cave" photo by Dwight Fischer
  • Dwight skating on Birch Cove Lakes
  • skating and kicksled on Birch Cove Lakes
  • one of many rock faces
  • view of the "fjords"
  • on the rocks
• Island Lake, Upper Tantallon area Feb 20 (44.7521,-63.9359)
  • map of tour 28 km skating/kicksledding
• Coxs and Wrights Lakes, Upper Tantallon area Feb 21 Cox Lake (44.7251,-63.8093), Wrights Lake (44.7331.-63.8936)
  • map of Coxs Lake tour 10 km skating/kicksledding
  • map of Wrights Lake tour 20 km skating/kicksledding
• Panuke and Big St Margarets Bay Lakes; Feb 27 portage from Blind Bay
  • map of Panuke Lake tour 42 km kicksledding + about 1 km skating , portage to Big St Margarets Bay Lake
  • looking to south end of Panuke Lake
  • Big St Margarets Bay Lake
  • Ice falls Panuke Lake