Watercolour and oil
pastel
©2019 Charlene Brown
Although the Elfin
Lakes are not far from Vancouver, getting there is pretty much an all-day
undertaking. First there is a 16 km drive off Highway 99 at Squamish, up
through Quest University on Mamquam road and Garibaldi Park road to the trailhead.
The 11 km climb is not steep, with just a 600 metre elevation gain, but it is a
climb.
And swimming in the
first lake is not the casual affair this painting and the many pictures posted
on the internet would have you believe it is either. You may notice no swimmers
are ever very far from the entry point – because
the lakes are sometimes not ice-free until July! And they never really feel
ice-free. Apparently. I wouldn’t know.
