Winter Adventures: Snowshoeing Quebec's Valley yeFantoms

Zuva rinogona kuva nguva yakaoma yevatambi. Ichando nechando zvinogona kutungamirira kune nguva dzisingatarisirwi dzekupamba kwemauto, uye kuita kuti uye kubva kunzvimbo yako kuenda kune yakaoma kupfuura zvinotarisirwa. Asi, maererano nerwendo rwekufamba, nguva yechando inogona kuunzawo mimwe mibayiro inoshamisa. Semuenzaniso, mapoka evanhu kazhinji haasipo, uye nzvimbo dzomukati dzakanaka dzinonakidza kana dzakapfekedzwa mumucheka mutsva wechando.

Ndakasangana zvose zvezviitiko zvekushanyira kwekupedzisira kuQuebec, kwandakanga ndisati ndangowana mukana wekuenda kune dzimwe dzimba zvekutanga , asiwo ndakanyura mumvura yeimwe nzvimbo inofadza zvikuru ini ndakambove neropafadzo yekupupurira ruoko rwekutanga.

Quebec iri musha kune imwe nzvimbo yakasiyana inonzi Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Iyi chikamu chepurovhinzi yacho inowedzera kumaruwa uye rustic kupfuura zvigadziriro zvepasi rose zveMontreal neQuebec City, asi ine zvigaro zvaro zvezvipo zvinosanganisira maitiro akasiyana eEuropeya anowanika kune avo vanogara mumaguta. Asi Saguenay iriwo musha kune dzimwe nzvimbo dziri kure dziri kusara uye dzisina kufanana. Ndiko apo iwe uchawana zvachose Mufambi weFantoms.

Inowanikwa mukati meParc national des Monts-Valin, Valley yeFantoms inokwezva kune vanhu vose gore rose. Munguva yezhizha uye inowira inokwezva vazhinji vanofamba-famba vanouya kufamba makiromita 77 kubva mugwagwa.

Paki iyi inowanzonyorerwa nevatasviki zvakare, vazhinji vavo vanouya kuzotsvaga Rivière Valin ne kayak kana bwato.

Asi iri mumwedzi yechando iyo nzvimbo inopenya zvechokwadi. Nemhaka yeiyo microclimate yakasiyana-siyana iyo inosvibisa unyoro nemhepo inotonhorera munharaunda, mupata unoona zvinopfuura chikamu chakanaka chechando.

Ichokwadi, nzvimbo iyi yeQuebec inogamuchirwa kupfuura makumi matanhatu (5 mamita) echando pagore, iyo inosanganisira nzvimbo yose mumvura yakadzika, yakaoma.

Mupata wePantom zvirokwazvo unowana zita rawo kubva pane zvose izvo zvinonaya. Miti inowanikwa imomo inosangana nechando nechando mukati megore racho, uye inopiwa mazita "miti yemiti" zvichiguma. Ichi chinoshamisa chinowanikwa munzvimbo dzakadai seJenstone National Park muUnited States zvakare, kunyange zvazvo zvisiri chaizvo zvakapararira kana zvakakurumbira sezvazviri pano. Ichi chando chechando chinoita kuti mamiriro ezvinhu aone sechinhu kunze kweDisney's animated film Frozen , achichiita chitarisiko chinongofanira kuonekwa kuti chinotenda.

Ndakasvika mumupata wakapoteredza pakati pemusi waFebruary apo haisi yose yechando yenharaunda yegore negore yakanga yasvika pasi. Kunyange zvakadaro, paiva nehuwandu hweupfu kuenda kumativi ose anenge mamita matatu (3 mamita) akaiswa pasi pasi munguva yechando. Yaiva zuva rakajeka panguva yekushanyira kwangu, chimwe chinhu chandinoudzwa chisingawanzoitiki mumwedzi yakareba yegore. Izvo matenga akajeka akaunza kutonhora asi zvakadaro, ne mercury ichikomberedza -15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 degrees C) kwemazuva mazhinji ezuva.

Mhepo inodzvova yakaita kuti ikunzwe kunyange yakaipisisa kupfuura iyo.

Yokutanga inomira kune chero nzira ipi neipi yekufamba nayo kumupata ndiyo mushanyi nzvimbo iyo iri mukati memagedhi epaki. Kubva ipapo, unogona kuwana zvibvumirano zvekufamba, nyora chigaro pane chekuvhara kwechando, uye utore chero zvigadziro zvekupedzisira kana gear unogona kuida zuva. Mambakwedza ndakanga ndiripo - iyo yaiva pakati pevhiki - kwaive kuchine zvakawanda zvekuzorora, uye vazhinji vevashanyi vakamirira kubuda. Pakupera kwevhiki, iwe unoda kuenda ikoko mangwanani uye uzvibvumira nguva yakawanda.

Mushure mokugara kwenguva pfupi mumhepo yakatsvaira yeimba yevashanyi, mazaya echando akauya uye shamwari dzangu neni takabata zvikwama zvedu, zvikwereti, nezvimwe zviya zvakasiyana, uye takakwira motokari dzakazotevera. Yakavakwa kuti ive nechokwadi chekufamba nenzira yechando chakanyanyisa, makemikari akaiswa mumugwagwa waisakwanisa kuonekwa kune imwe mwedzi miviri.

Zvakatora maminitsi makumi maviri nematatu kuti tiende kunzvimbo yemauto apo taizotanga kufamba kwedu. Izvi zvakapa munhu wose muchechi yechando mukana wekuzivana, nekuongorora nzvimbo yatingave tiri kufamba nayo zuva iroro zvakare. Kufambisa kwaive kunoshamisa, asi nenguva yataimira, anenge ari munhu wose aida kurwisa nzira.

Pasina nguva refu, takazosvika pakatarisana nechemberi, takapedza kusungira zvigaro zvedu zvitsva, tikaisa nyoka dzedu, ndokubva taenda. Nzira yacho inotanga pakakwirira, asi pakarepo inotanga kukwira zvishoma nezvishoma, asi zvishoma nezvishoma. Nenguva yakawanda yechando iyo paki inogamuchira gore negore, nzira inofanirwa kugadzirwa kazhinji pavhiki kuitira kuti igare mberi mberi kwekuunganidza nguva dzose. Izvo hazvisi kungoita kuti nzira iri nyore zvikuru kutevera, asi zviri nyore kufamba zvakare. Mune dzimwe nguva, dzimwe nguva, yakange yakanyatsogadzirirwa kuti iwe usatombofanira kushandiswa kushandisa nharo dzehove zvachose.

Kufamba kubva mumugwagwa nekudzika mukati musango, runako rwechokwadi rweMupata weFantoms hunokurumidza kuoneka. Miti yemapine inoumba musango wakakomberedza inotambanudza kusvika kune ziso rinogona kuona, ichifukidza zvikomo zviri pedyo mune gungwa remavara. Asi ivo pachavo vakakomberedzwa muhombodo iyo yakagara iripo yechando, ichivapa kutarisa kwakasiyana-siyana kusingawanzowani kune imwe nzvimbo. Zvinonyatsoshandura nzvimbo ino kuva chishamiso chinotonhora chechando chisingaenzaniswi muhupenyu hwangu hwose.

Miti yakafukidzwa nechando inoitawo kuputika kwemhepo, saka nekukurumidza ndakazviona ndiri kushanda kune jira rakaoma pasinei nemamiriro ekutonhora zvikuru. Nzira inoenda kumucheto wegomo haisi kunyanya kukwirira, asi kufamba uchikwira kumusoro paunenge uchivhara nyoka zvicharamba zvichiita kuti mwoyo wako uwedzere. Izvo zvakakosha ndezvokuti maonero anongowedzera zviri nani kumativi ose, nezvishamiso zvitsva kuti uwane munzira.

Pashure pemaawa mashomanana ekufamba takasangana nechiitiko chakanaka zvikuru. Paki ine hupfumi huzhinji hunopisa pedyo nemigwagwa yayo, iyo inopa vaenzi mukana wekubuda kunze kwechando uye kufara kudya kwemasikati mukunyaradza. Idzo dzimba dzine huni dzinopisa zvitofu, izvo zvinoita kuti mukati mokudziya usvike uye uome. Yakanga iri nzvimbo yakanaka yekudurura zvishoma, kuratidzira zvishoma, uye kuwana zororo kubva kunotonhora.

Mukuwedzera kune dzimba dzekudziya, kunewo hupfumi hukuru hukuru hunogona kuchengetwa kune avo vanoda kushandisa usiku huri panzira zvakare. Nzvimbo idzi dzinowanzozivikanwa mumwedzi yezhizha dzemahombekombe, asi dzinowanzowanawo nguva yechando inoshamisika. Chekutanga uye rustic, hapasi zvakawanda zvezvigadzirwa, asi nehuni inopisa sitofu inoputirwa, vanoita nzvimbo inofadza yekugara, kunyange mumazuva akaoma.

Kubwinya kwedu kubva kunotonhora hakuna kuramba kwenguva refu, uye tisati taziva kuti takadzoka munzira uye tichiri kuramba tichienda kumusoro. Yakanga iri makiromita mashoma kusvika kumusangano, iyo inogara pamakiromita 3228 mamita (984 mamita). Icho hachisi kure uko kuchakukanganisa iwe zvinoshamisa, asi kana iwe unowanzogara kurwendo rwegungwa, iwe unganzwa uchida. Zvandinokurudzira ndezvikutora zvishoma uye kugara hydrated. Kukwira kumusoro kwegomo kwakanaka nyore, asi iwe haunoda kuitora iri munzira.

Kana kufamba kunopinda kumusangano kwakanaka, maonero kubva kumurindi wepamusoro akanga achingosiya-akafa yakaisvonaka. Kubvira ipapo unotarisa nzvimbo yose yakapoteredza, kusanganisira masango ane masango, inoyerera nzizi, uye dziva dzakaderera. Yaivawo nzvimbo yakanaka kuona nzvimbo yemupata we microclimate inotanga zvechokwadi uye inoguma, sezvo paive nekujekesa kwakananga kwechando kunowira pasi kunze kwemiganhu yepaki. Izvi zvinongowedzera kune kukanganisa kwenzvimbo yacho, asi, zvichitiyeuchidza tose kuti yaiva nzvimbo inokosha zvikuru.

Kuburuka kwakadzika mugomo kwaizowanzova nokukurumidza, asi boka rangu rakasarudza kutsauka panzira uye kuongorora mukati memamiriro ekunze zvishoma zvakakwana. Ichi hachisi chimwe chinhu chandingakurudzira kune chero ani zvake zvakadaro, sezvo zvingava nyore kuwana zvakanyanya kurasikirwa musango. Nenzira yakanaka, taive tichifambidzana nemutungamiri wepasi, uyo aiziva Valley yeFantoms zvakanaka. Kunyange zvazvo isu tose zvedu takanga tava kudengenyeka, nguva dzose aiziva nzira yakarurama yekuenda uye akatichengetedza kufamba nenzira yakakodzera.

Kubva munzira, kufamba kwacho kwakava kwakaoma zvikuru, uye chikamu chechokwadi chechando chaiva pachena. Panopfuura kamwe nguva mumwe munhu ari muboka akawira mumugodhi muchando uye akazviwana akavigwa kusvikira muchiuno, kana asina kudzika. Izvo zvakagadzirirwa kunonoka kupfuura nepakati pezvikamu zvakadzika zvehuni, asi zvakabatsirawo kusimbisa chiitiko icho zvakare. Kazhinji takangoseka nguva dzose pazvakaitika, uye takaita zvakanakisisa kuti tibatsire munhu kudzoka netsoka dzavo.

Hondo yekupedzisira yechando ichivhara kubva pamakomo masikati pa4: 00 PM, saka zvakakosha kuti iwe uende pasi zvisati zvadaro. Kana zvisina kudaro, unogona kuzviwana wakanatswa usiku, kana kutarisana nenguva refu yakareba uchienda kune mushanyi centre. Takazoguma takagara muimba yakanaka mukati mepaki yega pachayo, uye apo kufamba kwedu kuburikidza neMupata weFantoms kwasvika pamagumo, ndiyo yaiva hurukuro yekukurukurirana kukuru pamusoro pekudya kweusiku husiku ihwohwo.

Kuenda kunzvimbo dzemachando dzinoenda, iwe uchanetseka kuti uwane imwe inofadza seyiyo mupata. Zvakakosha kushanyirwa kuQuebec kunokwira mumupata weFantoms chete, uye ikozvino pakati pehupenyu hwangu hunodiwa hwechando. Kana iwewo unonakidzwa nokunaka kwakanaka kutonhora mhepo, nzvimbo ino inofanira kuva pa "iwe unofanira kuona" mazita.