Clay Lake Loop - Kamloops Trails

Clay Lake Loop – Kamloops Trails

Doug Smith  March 12, 2022 at 9:00 am

In the last third of winter we snowshoed the upper end of the Lac du Bois Grasslands Conservancy.    The goal was to go on a known route to the end of Clay Lake, then continue east over to Meadow Pond and back, following some known tracks, some user-made snowshoe tracks, and breaking trail to connect them. 

Grasslands Conservancy

 

There are some old double tracks that wind to the southeast of Clay Lake and there are some older-yet tracks that continue to Meadow Pond, but windfall, fencelines and the snow pack makes setting a new track in the snow a better choice.    We wound our way through the forest to the west end of Clay Lake. 

Beyond Clay Lake we aimed for the fence crossing to the Grasslands Community Trail.   Some previously-stomped in tracks helped the traverse. 

Clay Lake

 

Our route looped back on the border of the McQueen Lake site with some exploration of ponds, paths, and trees along the way:

 

This informal route includes old forest tracks, grassland slopes, ponds, two old homesteads, aspen groves, some older trees, forest glades, and quiet, scenic spots to enjoy.

Clay Lake Ramble

 

 

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

View the original source

No conversations yet

Doug Smith

Doug writes for Kamloops Trails, a not-for-profit (and ad free) website, offering information on trails, waterways, routes, featured spots, viewpoints, and explorations in the outdoors in the Kamloops area (and beyond).

Doug started exploring this area in 1976 and continues to follow tracks and routes wherever they lead, with the aid of map, compass, GPSr and camera. After many dead-ends, but also many discoveries, he chose to share this information.

The Kamloops Trails website has a massive number of interesting posts and would be of interest to anyone in Kamloops who enjoys the outdoors. Visit the Kamloops Trails website at: http://www.kamloopstrails.ca/

My Blog Posts