The Confederation Lake Trailhead, at the rocks in the old logging road that stop all sensible drivers at 0 mins.

The fork in the road, low and high, of which both are crossed by the previous section of the Sunshine Coast Trail, the connector that departs Inland Lake near Anthony Island and ascends to join the upper road. Take the high road at 0.7 mins.

The dogwood trail to Confederation Lake at 8.6 mins.

The Rubber Band Junction, where the connector to Inland Lake and the Confederation Lake Trails meet at 9.3 mins.

The trail down to Inland Lake at 9.6 mins.

The rocky roadbed at 21.7 mins.

KM 69 on the backside of a log at 33.9 mins.

Each year the trees grow to leave less and less a view of Inland Lake and Powell Lake below at 38.9 mins.

The trail diverts downhill slightly to avoid these trees fallen across the roadbed at 43.8 mins.

The first view of the Zig Zag, which the right path of has been crunched by fallen trees at 45.6 mins.

The left path at 46 mins.

The right path with its broken ladder (though it looks still to be passable - I still choose the left pathway) at 46.5 mins.

Ladder on the left at 47.3 mins.

Another ladder on the left path at 47.7 mins.

Looking down the right path where it has been redesigned by a falling tree at 48.6 mins.

Looking up the last bit of the right path, where that old log almost knocked my pack off my back or me down the hill (in \'99) at 48.9 mins.

The 2 hours to Confederation Lake Cabin sign at 49.5 mins.

It is all up from here at 56.4 mins.

Deformed tree at 58.7 mins.

A bit of a leveling at 60.9 mins.

More up the ladders, steep up at 61.8 mins.

KM 70 at 65.3 mins.

Crossing the first valley to the ... at 66.4 mins.

The next ridge where we continue to climb at 67.9 mins.

80.5 KM at 78.4 mins.

This dry year the creek bed is trickling just a bit at 82.2 mins.

The bridge over the creek at 85.9 mins.

The bridge upclose at 86.3 mins.

The creekbed is mostly dry at 86.7 mins.

Small steps up the other side at 87.5 mins.

The junction to who knows where at 92.2 mins.

Looking along the left route that is marked with an illegible scrawl on the orange diamond at 92.4 mins.

KM 71 at 95.9 mins.

Duck under at 99.6 mins.

Crossing a small stream again (dry this year) at 100.6 mins.

Under more old logs at 101.5 mins.

Steeper again at 104.3 mins.

Crested to level and then to descend at 108.6 mins.

The first few steps into the watershed of Confederation Lake, barely visible ahead through the trees at 113.5 mins.

KM 72 with the first view of the lake, a sign of the Lake Trail to the cabin and onward to Fiddlehead Farm at 116.2 mins.

View of the lake at 116.8 mins.

The trail signs and the small bridge ahead at 117.4 mins.

The woods offer filtered promises of great views at 119.4 mins.

The trail now passes through many large logs that have been blown down years ago, and been cut away to keep the path open at 119.7 mins.

This trail is still wet, even on this dry year, at 120.7 mins.

More trees that have been cut to make way for the trail at 121.6 mins.

The first of the three or so climbs up around the steep lakeshore, this one to avoid a lower and much wetter trail closer to the shoreline 635- 645 metre at 126.8 mins.

Heading down the second climb from 660 metre at 135.5 mins.

Bypassing this uprooted tree, by turning right, the trail seemingly continues rightward, but actually takes a sharp left to wrap around the exposed root hole. (Left the trail just peters out) at 138.2 mins.

KM 73 descending at 645 metre with the water at 630 or so at 141.9 mins.

Walking down, gently through the trees at 148.5 mins.

Looking up the trunk of a dead one at 150.6 mins.

The old tree is hollowed at 152 mins.

Stepping through a cut log toward a berry bramble patch at 153.5 mins.

The first close up view of the cabin at 159.9 mins.

KM 74 just on that last corner before exiting into the opening where the cabin, the logshed, outhouse and bumpy ground with ferns everywhere reigns supreme at 161.3 mins.

The glint off the lake between the trees at 162.3 mins.

The last bridge across the outflow from Confederation Lake at 163 mins.

The lake view back through the pass we climbed to get here at 163.3 mins.

The cabin at 163.9 mins.

The cabin door, originally BC Forest Service, but recently Provincial Park area at 164.5 mins.

The outhouse on the far side at 202.3 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 202.6 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 202.9 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 203.2 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 203.5 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 203.8 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 204.1 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 204.4 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 204.7 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 205 mins.

Confederation Lake the series at 205.3 mins.

The table outside the cabin at 205.7 mins.

The shoreline along which we arrived at 206 mins.

A quiet night view out over the water in front of the cabin at 206.3 mins.