@Foxr6 Thanks! Ya I can't wait for freeze-up either. The long autumn season is truly long. Good time though for repairing gear, and putting another coat of varnish on the tradtional showshoes.
A vid on ice picks would be a great subject as the season is almost upon us and freeze-up and break-up are the highest risk time of the year besides currents. Live on the Winnipeg River and there's an awful lot of water all around. Of course on our bay the ice gets pretty close to 4' thick by the depths of winter but you never know.
I really like how you point out the hazards throughout. Are you using your map to help plan out the hazards on your route before hand to gage flow and flow crunch points? Great video!
@kgdblade Thanks KGD! Yes I do use the map and anticipate where the current may be. On this trip it was fairly easy - the constrictions in flow between these small lakes. (I show more in part 2 - it will be uploaded soon - still editing it). But on medium and big lakes there can be hazards around long points (current), and beside eskers (which have groundwater discharge at their base).
You lucky dog, wish I had that kind of time to spend out in the bush winter and summer, that's what I get for running my own biz, here's to dreaming. What do you use for ice picks?
@canesser1 I don't get enough time out in the winter. My day job still gets in the way too! Ice picks: I made my own set out of hockey sticks and nails. Each point nests in opposite handle. I should do a video on them. But I also have a commercial pair made by Normark. They are lighter, but I don’t like the cord, so I have to figure out how to replace it with a stronger one.
Appreciate the respect you give ice and God's awesome creation. Must say wouldn't have the nerve to stab out alone in a Canadian winter as Murphy's law is always lurking. Great videos as always, when you load them up I download them pronto. Would suggest snow shoes trekking poles, never leave home without them anymore. Have gotten into trouble in very deep snow and thankfully I had them to leverage out. At 6'2" and 215lbs "flotation" has it's limits. You have the voyaguer physique, perfect.
@canesser1 Ya I have a low center of gravity! :o) I may have been a Voyageur in a previous life, and I usually paddle for a month or more during summer (its in the blood!). My buddies (taller) use ski poles for snowshoeing, but I don't. On the lakes I should take them but don’t. I do have ice picks around my neck (in the video they don't show). In the bush I like to have my hands free for dealing with brush and climbing over and around blowdown.
3:45 scary ... walking on ice I always have the feeling that it's "wrong" somehow - still I like that way of traveling, because it's so easy of course.
@steintanz Thanks Tim! The bush is so bloody thick here that we have to use the ice for travel...if we want to see any landscapes. The bush people of the past traveled this way, so its tradtional too. We could haul sled and travel on bush roads, but its sort of flat so we can't see the vistas unless we are out on lakes. I like to ice fish too! I get lazy and don't fish much, but this winter I plan to fish more. (that's what I say every winter!)
Perfect timing for this one buddy :o) Gettin' psyched for winter? ;o) It's snowing here again. Lots of snow in the mountains and it's probably going to stay in the valley now :o) Daytime highs have been below freezing so I think it's here :o) Have a great winter man :o)
@Ggreenvideos Thanks Rich! Oh ya I am getting stoked for winter. Its still balmy here though. You are lucky being in the Yukon with your longer better winters. Bears will be sleeping soon too!
@Wintertrekker Those fuzzy critters will still be roaming for a while yet and with no gun and and it being cold enough for bear spray to freeze I'm left with only my bangers and a long spear...hehe :o)
@hobbexp Thanks Fredde! It would be a good safety device for snowshoeing. I have a long heavy ice chisel that I carry on a sled, but its too heavy to take on a day trip. I had ski poles in camp, but they are too light to really test the ice, and they have the basket which does not make a good probe. On the lakes that time of year I can usually stay out of trouble (so far...) by going around narrows, and avoiding points and creeks.
Good tips
10pennsy 1 month ago
@10pennsy Thanks!
Wintertrekker 1 month ago
Great video, wish I was out on my shoes!
Foxr6 4 months ago
@Foxr6 Thanks! Ya I can't wait for freeze-up either. The long autumn season is truly long. Good time though for repairing gear, and putting another coat of varnish on the tradtional showshoes.
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
A vid on ice picks would be a great subject as the season is almost upon us and freeze-up and break-up are the highest risk time of the year besides currents. Live on the Winnipeg River and there's an awful lot of water all around. Of course on our bay the ice gets pretty close to 4' thick by the depths of winter but you never know.
canesser1 4 months ago
I really like how you point out the hazards throughout. Are you using your map to help plan out the hazards on your route before hand to gage flow and flow crunch points? Great video!
kgdblade 4 months ago
@kgdblade Thanks KGD! Yes I do use the map and anticipate where the current may be. On this trip it was fairly easy - the constrictions in flow between these small lakes. (I show more in part 2 - it will be uploaded soon - still editing it). But on medium and big lakes there can be hazards around long points (current), and beside eskers (which have groundwater discharge at their base).
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
You lucky dog, wish I had that kind of time to spend out in the bush winter and summer, that's what I get for running my own biz, here's to dreaming. What do you use for ice picks?
canesser1 4 months ago
@canesser1 I don't get enough time out in the winter. My day job still gets in the way too! Ice picks: I made my own set out of hockey sticks and nails. Each point nests in opposite handle. I should do a video on them. But I also have a commercial pair made by Normark. They are lighter, but I don’t like the cord, so I have to figure out how to replace it with a stronger one.
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
Appreciate the respect you give ice and God's awesome creation. Must say wouldn't have the nerve to stab out alone in a Canadian winter as Murphy's law is always lurking. Great videos as always, when you load them up I download them pronto. Would suggest snow shoes trekking poles, never leave home without them anymore. Have gotten into trouble in very deep snow and thankfully I had them to leverage out. At 6'2" and 215lbs "flotation" has it's limits. You have the voyaguer physique, perfect.
canesser1 4 months ago
@canesser1 Ya I have a low center of gravity! :o) I may have been a Voyageur in a previous life, and I usually paddle for a month or more during summer (its in the blood!). My buddies (taller) use ski poles for snowshoeing, but I don't. On the lakes I should take them but don’t. I do have ice picks around my neck (in the video they don't show). In the bush I like to have my hands free for dealing with brush and climbing over and around blowdown.
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
Glad to see you are well versed with ice conditions to keep safe, Great video as always my friend.
medicjimr 4 months ago
@medicjimr Thank you!
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
3:45 scary ... walking on ice I always have the feeling that it's "wrong" somehow - still I like that way of traveling, because it's so easy of course.
Thanks for the trip again!
steintanz 4 months ago
@steintanz Thanks Tim! The bush is so bloody thick here that we have to use the ice for travel...if we want to see any landscapes. The bush people of the past traveled this way, so its tradtional too. We could haul sled and travel on bush roads, but its sort of flat so we can't see the vistas unless we are out on lakes. I like to ice fish too! I get lazy and don't fish much, but this winter I plan to fish more. (that's what I say every winter!)
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
@Wintertrekker ... never say never ;o)
steintanz 4 months ago
Very nice, thanks for the upload!
chaulsin 4 months ago
@chaulsin Thanks!
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
this is great stuff ,living up to your name there mate,think I'll be sharing this around ..
oldguy537 4 months ago
@oldguy537 Thank you!
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
Perfect timing for this one buddy :o) Gettin' psyched for winter? ;o) It's snowing here again. Lots of snow in the mountains and it's probably going to stay in the valley now :o) Daytime highs have been below freezing so I think it's here :o) Have a great winter man :o)
Ggreenvideos 4 months ago
@Ggreenvideos Thanks Rich! Oh ya I am getting stoked for winter. Its still balmy here though. You are lucky being in the Yukon with your longer better winters. Bears will be sleeping soon too!
Wintertrekker 4 months ago
@Wintertrekker Those fuzzy critters will still be roaming for a while yet and with no gun and and it being cold enough for bear spray to freeze I'm left with only my bangers and a long spear...hehe :o)
Ggreenvideos 4 months ago
great stuff, do you dont have a ice spike, ( long stick / walking stick with a spike in the end to test the ice )
fredde
hobbexp 4 months ago
@hobbexp Thanks Fredde! It would be a good safety device for snowshoeing. I have a long heavy ice chisel that I carry on a sled, but its too heavy to take on a day trip. I had ski poles in camp, but they are too light to really test the ice, and they have the basket which does not make a good probe. On the lakes that time of year I can usually stay out of trouble (so far...) by going around narrows, and avoiding points and creeks.
Wintertrekker 4 months ago