Thutade Lake

2013 - 10 days of hot weather at the beginning of September as we tour the 45km lake in a small aluminum boat in search of grizzly, goats and caribou

Daniel, David and Tim Hunting Thutade Lake

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Foggy morning over Black Lake

Prepping the boat for Thutade Lake

David pushing through the buck brush

Picking huckleberries provides a ripe harvest

David glassing the flat plateau

Setting up the tent on top of the plateau

Time gazing over the plateau

David hiking along the plateua

Dryborough Plateau

David and Tim on Dryborough Plateau

David and Tim looking for caribou

Tim trying to become a caribou bull

Taking a quick power nap

This grizzly print is bigger than my hand

Tents in front of foggy Black Lake

David and Tim trying to get warm in front of the fire

The boat is almost packed

Tents setup on an island in Thutade Lake

David in front of his tent

The boat is pulled up on shore

Abandoned shack on Thutade Island

Daniel enjoying the campfire

Looking down the lake over the boat

Tim sporting long johns and shorts

We found some old tent poles on a peninsula

Wolf track beside my hand

Tent in the trees

David having some supper

Mountain goats through a spotting scope

Tim drinking from a stream

The tents setup in a shaded meadow

Caribou on the lake shore

Old wooden boats on the lakeshore

Fog bank over Thutade Lake

David Egli holding his mountain goat from sliding

David and Tim posing on the high mountain slope

David scaling across steep rocks

Tim fell down again

Resting in the boat as we head home

David is the grizzled boat captain