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"hakuna matata"

Jozef Povazan

Male

Vancouver, BC, Canada

About leopard

Full Member | Member since 14th Sep 07

Citizenship: Slovakia
Website: http://www.photonomad.ca
About leopard:

Shooting just for myself and my stock photo library. www.photonomad.ca
www.povazanphotography.com

Hobbies:

traveling, hiking, photography, sports, and lots of silly things :o)

Favourite places:

Too many to bother, but OK:
- in central Europe - mountain range TATRY in Slovakia, not because I come from there... its simply amazing up there !!!
- in northern Europe - Norway. Why ? Go there and you will see. Nordkapp is breathtaking during the midnight sun...
- north America - BC . that's probably why I live here, just BEAutiful...
- south Asia - I do not know yet, but that's why we aregoing to find out this year with my Tiger girl... more about it in my new coming blog...

Activity : photos (39) forum (8) guide (0) blog (5) diary (0) trips (0)

Latest Blog Entry

Elfin lake

Posted by leopard | 12th November 2007

The 2006 winter season in Vancouver was for sure the best skiing season in the last 10 years. So after a temperature dropped down to -4 Celsius on the top of the Coast mountains peaks, we have decided to go and check out how does it looks like with a snow fall up there... And we have chosen very nice hike to do so, the Elfin lake hike trail.
To get to the Elfin lake you drive from Vancouver to Squamish, turn right off Hwy 99 onto Mamquam Road and follow the paved road past the Squamish Golf and Country Club and then take the logging road just past the Mashiter Creek bridge. It is 16 km from the highway to a parking lot which is located at the 914 metre level.
Before you get there, do not forget to take 3$ in cash to pay your parking ticket :o). The length is 11 km and suggested time is 3 to 5 hours one way and elevation change is about 600 metres, so its very easy hike for a family day trip.
There was no snow at the parking lot when we got there, and it stayed like that for about 2

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