LOWER AUSABLE LAKE & RAINBOW FALLS & INDIAN HEAD cross country skiing
Mar 9, 2014 - INDIAN HEAD via Lake Rd from Ausable Club in St Huberts. Skied the Lake Rd then switched to snowshoes at the Bypass Trail to Gill Brook & frozen falls. Ascent of IH very steep in places. Blue skies & little wind - gorgeous. Nice view toward Giant Mtn from northern lookout. From the ledges on IH the Ausable Lakes are below, Lower Lake flanked by Colvin & Sawteeth. The open rock face of Gothics stands out in the Great Range. In the far distance Vanderwhacker & Snowy (50 miles away!). Looped down on lake side - trail switches back often, a ladder covered in ice was unusable. Short side-trip to Gothics Window. Snowmobiles had been on the Lake Road (private access to camps on Upper Ausable Lake). Excitingly fast mostly downhill run out on the hard-packed road. ~10 miles, 6+ hours. Ran into Tony Goodwin when we stopped for dinner at the Ausable Inn. Jan 20, 2013 - LOWER AUSABLE L...