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On our fourth and final day of hiking, David and I agreed it would be nice to string together a few shorter hikes and enjoy a bit more time at the campsite than we had over the previous days. Smoke was beginning to infiltrate the forest again, and it seemed like gaining 1000 metres of elevation was a little pointless, especially considering our successes of the past three days.
First, we made our way east on the David Thompson Highway - although we agreed that the David Hogan Highway has a better ring to it. We hiked the 2 km Landslide Lake Interpretive Fire Trail. Nine years ago, this area was part of a large prescribed fire designed to rejuvenate the forest ecology.
Next was the Owen Creek Gorge trail, which starts out inconspicuously enough, but soon leans skyward as you ascend next to the narrowest and deepest gorge imaginable. A natural bridge even spans the top. At the top of the gorge, the landscape mellows out and we sat for a nice break in the sun.
The last objective of the day was to hike to the North Saskatchewan River via the Glacier Lake Trail. I had been to this area of couple of times before as part of longer backpacking trips, but I wanted to show David the awesome power of this big river. We crossed a substantial bridge and ate lunch on the far river bank.
We returned to our campsite at 3 p.m. and chilled on our low-riders at our 'private beach'. With beer in hand and toes in the water, this was a fine ending to this incredible trip.