Keep that fire burning

An awesome day to be out skiing and considering the bus strike and time of year it was surprising that there were few people out skiing. But hey, less traffic on the trails. There are many fine ski trails in Gatineau Park (200 km of them in fact) and several great cabins to ski to but none are finer than a run up to Lusk cabin from P19 on a sunny winter day. It is mostly up hill to the cabin but that just makes for a fun and relaxing ride back. The cabin itself is nestled half way up the escarpment beside a small lake.

Today it seemed that there would be nobody there as Bryan and I made it most of the way there before being passed by a guy who was carrying more weight in patches on his pack than my entire pack. Then when we got to the cabin there was a couple who seemed to be cooking their gloves and socks on the woodstove in the provided cookware. They had further committed a faux pas by allowing the fire to die down. In the spirit of the season we waited for them to leave before discussing their lack of cabin etiquette. And of course we went out and chopped some more wood and stoked the fire up good. A few toasted sandwiches hit the spot and fueled a blazing downhill run (45 minutes up trail 54 and 15 minutes down). Thankfully we got back on the road in time to miss the traffic. A nice sunny day at Lusk cabin and likely not the last day there this season.