Woke up to heavy snow and a stiff wind out of the NE. I made the most of it. I cut lots of firewood, added a bunch of snow to the growing slush pit in my tent from the stove, and started organizing things for the trip out. I bundled up and took a hike up the gorge to Howl, saw some beautiful cliffs, boulders, and followed an otter track up the gorge. I heard some gurgling water but couldn't see the source fo the water, turned around as soon as the boulders and potential gaps under the 3-4' of snow became apparent. I walked north up the lake to the portage trail to Howl, went down the portage a ways but realized I'd likely get myself sore breaking all this trail so turned around about 1/3 of the way there. I went back to the laker spot and caught another appetizer trout to eat with my vaccum sealed Shepherd pie. Enjoying the sound of the wind and "shhhhhhh" of the snow hitting the tipi. It snowed and the wind continued all day until 30 mins before I hit the bed.