Thought I would put up a few photos from my recent trip to Killarney with my best friend Erik.

We stopped at the Hungry Bear for breakfast,...a tradition.


Me getting ready at the car.


The start of the trail.


Me at the top of the first little uphill part,...a taste of things to come.


And,.....random other pics




More in a minute.

 

The climb to the Notch (ie the crack) begins,........


Looking back down from where Erik is standing


Up,...


and up,...slowly but surely.


CRAP,......still so far to go.


and,.......up some more,...


UP UP UP


Me climbing (sorry, some pics are blurry)

 

You guessed it,......UP some more


A cave on the way up


The Notch/Crack



View from the top (and the map)


Erik


ok,...the real view from the top

 

koool

 

And,..........some random pics from the rest of the trip.

Little Superior


Lake Kakakise (taken from Heaven Lake)



Raven


Blueberries (mmmmm they were tasty)




Heaven Lake


New life

 

At the Cottage now (Georgian Bay)




Ok, thats enough.

Anyway, the trip was pretty crazy. We ran into a Black Bear on top of a Ridge on the way to Heaven Lake. It obviously did not hear the bear bell,....and Erik and I had stopped talking at the time. It was about 15 in front of us, which was kinda nuts. We waved our arms and made lots of noise and it ran off into the bushes/trees. Then we got an adrenaline burst and gunned it outta there haha.

Steve

 

Those aren't blueberries!



Trip looked great and relaxing dude!

 

Beautiful.

 

nice man, looks like a great time to get in a few hdr pictures to try haha.

 

Looks like a pretty strenuous hike. What was the gain?

I like how well marked the trail is. Where did you camp? That rock doesn't look like a comfortable place to pitch your tent.

 

Nice series. It looks like a great place to hike!

 

Oh, I'm really glad you posted these! I was wondering about your trip - looks AWEsome! How did your back hold up? Great pics...so jealous.

 

Thanks for the nice comments guys/gals.

To answer a few of your questions:

I had never been on the East side of Killarney before (been on the West side), and found out quickly how different the East side Terrain is. To put it bluntly, there is a lot of bloody ROCK. It is really pretty, but the white quartzite ridges are punishing to say the least.

Wndrlst, my back help up fine actually. My feet and ankles took quite a pounding though.

We camped at campsites on lakes where we booked our trip.

Few pics of campsite life at Heaven Lake.


Erik Cooking




Our food up in the tree far from the tent/site to keep it away from bears.


Our humble abode for a few nights.
Back end of the tent


Front view




The pic way above with erik standing in his sandals was the view from about 20 feet from the back of our tent. This is the view from 10 feet in front of our tent.



Steve