Red Earth Creek to Red Chairs by Shadow Lake
Trip date: Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Submitted by Normand
Particpants:
Me
Discussion:
Awesome day on Red Earth Creek and all the way to the Red Chairs at Shadow Lake, with nice snow and fast (but safe) ski conditions. Great glide up and down, as well as grip with VR40. Tracksetting done all the way to the Shadow Lake turnoff at km 10.5. From there, decent tracksetting to the lodge and well snowmobile-packed too. Well-defined skier track to the lake and on it to the Red Chairs; the best I ever seen this time of the year. The return was fast and fun, just under 2 hours. Very nice chatting with Alex, lodge operator who had arrived to work around; he widened the trail on the way down Red Earth Creek with his snowmobile. Also had a nice chat with DEM around km 10, as he was heading in for some late pm and evening ski exploration in the Shadow Lake country. Beware of an ice flow at km 9.4, easily avoidable going down staying at right.