Wolf trail winter wonderland!!

All I wanted for Christmas was plenty of snow. Before Christmas we got plenty of wet heavy snow that I struggled to shovel from my driveway due to a bad cold. On the 27th we got an equal load of light fluffy stuff! So today I took the day off to sample the "white gold" on the Wolf trail. There is a mess of downed trees in Gatineau Park due to the earlier snowfall and apparently some hikers had trouble on this trail on Thursday. Today, I managed to stay on the trail by following the trench and although it didn't look familiar I would say that this is the best conditions up there in a long time. The snow and ice in the trees is really cool. Some trees look like chandeliers and others are just strange shapes all coated in snow. I went as far as the bench that looks south over the park and stopped there to soak in the view.

Is it asking too much to get some more of this white stuff in 2012?

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Icy wolf trail

We've had a little snow but not enough for my liking. Seeing a sunny day forecast for Saturday I went for a loop on the Wolf trail. It was coated in a white substance which was closer to ice than snow. Most of the trail was passable in bare boots but mixed in were ice flows that would have been better suited to skates. Bring spikes if you have them as it will make for a more pleasurable hike.

Please Santa, all I want for christmas is a fresh and steady supply of snow!