Tuesday, August 5, 2025
End: Azouzetta Lake Lodge and Campground
Route (km): 15.8
Total (km): 183.5
Actual (km): 17.8
Hours: 7.3
Total (hrs): 104.5
I was pleased to wake up having slept well during the night. It was a bit cold, this high up at an iceberg tarn. I packed up and got moving, on a mission to finish the Misinchinka High Route.
I made good time in the morning, climbing and descending the waves of the ridge. It was a small psychological torture, just wanting to be done with the route, but needing to hike most of a day to finish. I found that my legs were uncharacteristically tired on climbs, needing more breaks.
A caribou came and checked me out during one my breaks. To the West, I could see the highway and the Powder King Resort. Soon, I could see Azouzetta Lake!
My final challenge was the Murray Trail. I was exhausted and made the horrible decision to attempt to cross a steep ice secion, falling and sliding rapidly over a hudnred meters towards my doom before self-arresting with a trekking pole.
I did get down to the bottom after that, and made it to Cafe 97. I finished!
