Beth leads Len and Chris through the woods

Jim tripping lightly through the brush

Skip with his custom pack extender

Sparky doesn't know where he is

Sparky & Matt show off the trail marker

Mark, Sparky & Beth park their packs during a break.

Len grabs his water bottle.

Chris limbos below downfall

Sparky coming under downfall

Indian Lake

Coyote tracks along the beach

Beth strolls along the beach

Indian Lake

Sparky, Matt and Skip along Indian Lake

Beth launches a large rock to test the thickness of the ice

Let's see, the rabbit comes out of the hole and then goes...?

Is this safe?

Beth lashes into a safety rope before venturing across the ice. Jim untangles the rope.

Len, Sparky and Chris watch the ice crossing

Don't worry Beth - we have you lashed to this curtain cord in case you fall through the ice.

Beth carries a pole while Jim and Sparky hold on the safety rope

Scouting a crossing

Scouting an ice crossing

Sparky, Chris, Skip, Matt venture across the ice

Chris confirms the ice is slippery

Slip sliding along

Skip tightropes across the ice

Matt slip slides across

Len

Seeing that no one died, Len comes across

Len coming across the ice

Ice crystals

Ice crystals

Drift wood

Driftwood

Skip, Len, Jim, Chris, Beth, Sparky & Matt

Beth digs deep in her pack for some snacks

Organizing the tipi

Sparky inspects the tipi

Chris digs into his pack

Len

Jim hangs off some rope to Sparky

Jim besides his tent

Skip digs out his sleeping bag

Jim stretches his back

Jim & Skip set up their tent

Jim tunes the tightness of the tent fly while Skip looks on

Jim & Skip set up their tent

Skip & Sparky come back from wood scouting

Beth brings in some fire wood which meets Chris's approval

Len starts the evening fire on a platform off the snow.

Matt chilling

Beth models a colorful hat, Len sticks with basic black

Sparky & Chris standing around the fire

Skip

Skip

Sunrise through the window pane of my tent

Welcome sunrise to warm the morning

Len loaded up to leave

Len loaded up to leave

Hiking back to the cars