https://grantstracks.com/categories/blackfoot/Recent content in Blackfoot on Grant's TracksHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Grant S WilsonSun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/a-dumbbell-hike/Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/a-dumbbell-hike/A planned 15.5 km hike took me from Islet Lake Staging Area to Central Staging Area and out to what felt like “way out there” places.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-loop-hike-to-push-shelter/Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-loop-hike-to-push-shelter/I accessed the Blackfoot trails from the Waskehegan Connector Trail, did some geocache maintenance, continued to Push Shelter and returned on Ed’s Way, a trail I’d hiked before.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-figure-eight-loop-hike/Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-figure-eight-loop-hike/I did a 15 km figure eight loop hike to Meadow Shelter in the Cooking Lake Blackfoot Recreational Area today.https://grantstracks.com/posts/islet-lake-lollipop-route/Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/islet-lake-lollipop-route/I hiked from the Islet Lake Staging Area to Push Lake Shelter, then to Lost Lake Shelter and continued on in a wide loop back to the staging area.https://grantstracks.com/posts/hike-to-meadow-shelter/Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/hike-to-meadow-shelter/Using geocache maintenance as an excuse, I hiked a 10 km loop along the always excellent trails in the southwest section of the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Prov. Recreation Area today.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-hike-to-switch-caches-apr-15-2023/Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-hike-to-switch-caches-apr-15-2023/The main purpose of today’s hike was to swap ammo can geocaching containers for lock ’n lock containers. These caches were hidden quite a distance from parking in the Blackfoot / Cooking Lake Recreational Area.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-islet-lake-kayak-paddle-aug-17-2022/Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-islet-lake-kayak-paddle-aug-17-2022/Still very new to kayaking, I had great paddle around Islet Lake today.https://grantstracks.com/posts/maiden-voyage-of-the-delta-12/Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/maiden-voyage-of-the-delta-12/This was the first time I was out on my new Delta 12.10 kayak. Woah, Nelly! Here we go!https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-islet-lake-hike/Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-islet-lake-hike/A hike to inner depths of the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area. Starting from the Islet Lake Staging Area, I was on the hunt for ‘cigar’ caches.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-hike-wanisan-lake/Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-hike-wanisan-lake/A second visit to Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Recreational Area in two days. After a fresh snowfall, I broke trail to out of the way places that were brand new to me.https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-geocaching-waskahegan/Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://grantstracks.com/posts/blackfoot-geocaching-waskahegan/A memorable day of geocaching in the Cooking Lake Blackfoot Recreational Area. I was new to geocaching and this area was completely new to me at this time. The experiences of the day really made an impression on