Boonie Buster
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Boonie Buster
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Trip out on the Oly Penn. Did a little 2 mile out and 2 mile back trail that ran right along a really cool lake.
View above lake before we went to the far side in the pic and hiked basically to directly beneath where the pic was taken.
Keep Focused don't fall!!!:redneck:
The girlfriend enjoying the cool air coming off the stream.
View looking towards where the first pic was taken.
Waterfall in another area of the forest, near our campground.
View above lake before we went to the far side in the pic and hiked basically to directly beneath where the pic was taken.
Keep Focused don't fall!!!:redneck:
The girlfriend enjoying the cool air coming off the stream.
View looking towards where the first pic was taken.
Waterfall in another area of the forest, near our campground.
CHOP SHOP
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went to Murphy's falls this weekend. went to all 4 falls, climbed the river all the way down and came back up on pack forest trails past the fire ponds. came out to the truck and found a couple that we seen on the trail looking confused? asked what was wrong? they said they were from federal way and that there honda accord was stolen, bummer. gave em a ride to the police station here in town.:booo:
was nice out untill we left, got lucky:cheer:
was nice out untill we left, got lucky:cheer:
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GRNTACO
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Heading to Spray Park then to Echo and Observation Rock this Saturday and you are more then welcome to tag along.
Hiked to Snow Lake last weekend. I will post pics when I get hom.
Hiked to Snow Lake last weekend. I will post pics when I get hom.
Motodestroyer69
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ooooooh, that's up there with Gem lake at Alpental, right? Gorgeous up there, hoping to get up there me-self in the next couple of weekends..... I haven't fit in a hike all summer!! :booo: :booo:
(I'm getting antsy to get out while the gettin' still good!!) :awesomework:
CHOP SHOP
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I try to get up to Three Fingers once a year, its a good workout to day hike it and reminds me I'm still physically fit. Here's a few pics from last year, I'll probably hit it up in September this year:awesomework:
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That's awsome, Pat. I may have to give that a try in September.
Boonie Buster
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Now THAT looks awesome!!!, just heard on the radio today that 3 people were stranded up there overnight, they found a shelter and were able to radio in, hopefully they get out today...:booo:
Boonie Buster
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X2!!!:corn: :corn: :corn:
I will post up in this thread when I figure out when I can go. I try to pick a day with perfect weather cause things can turn shitty FAST when you are up that high. Thats gotta be exactly what happened to someone up there right now, as I watch rain fall here at sea level.
Its a challenging hike too. I took my girlfriend up there and her little legs wanted nothing to do with it, we turned around after less than two miles. Its about 14 or 15 miles round trip and a good 5000 vertical.
Its a challenging hike too. I took my girlfriend up there and her little legs wanted nothing to do with it, we turned around after less than two miles. Its about 14 or 15 miles round trip and a good 5000 vertical.
GRNTACO
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Cool! Post up when you know. I was thinking around the last 3 weekends in Sept. Like you, I will watch the weather then try to decide 4-5 days before.
My wife does ok on long hikes. It will be interesting to see how she handles the hike to Observation Rock this weekend.
My wife does ok on long hikes. It will be interesting to see how she handles the hike to Observation Rock this weekend.
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Earlier this year in June three of us hiked into Myrtle Lake from the trailhead at the end of Entiat River Road (lower right in above link) then into Larch Lakes (the two further northwest). We made good time getting to Myrtle Lake by 5:30PM or so on the summer solstice (started hiking mid afternoon), covered about 5 miles of uphill. Myrtle Lake was bustling with campers, since it's accessible by horse and dirt bike. We decided to keep pushing on for Larch Lakes... little did we know, it was a grueling switchback trail up to the first lake, which was snowed in and still frozen over. We got there about 10:30 PM, set up camp and ate. We explored the next day and decided there was no way we would make it across to Cow Creek Meadows with the snow, so we stayed another day and hiked back down the way we came up.
I have pics at home I'll post. If you zoom in on the mountainside northeast of the lower Larch lake, you can see the switchbacks we trudged up in the snow, half in the dark. :awesomework:
Earlier this year in June three of us hiked into Myrtle Lake from the trailhead at the end of Entiat River Road (lower right in above link) then into Larch Lakes (the two further northwest). We made good time getting to Myrtle Lake by 5:30PM or so on the summer solstice (started hiking mid afternoon), covered about 5 miles of uphill. Myrtle Lake was bustling with campers, since it's accessible by horse and dirt bike. We decided to keep pushing on for Larch Lakes... little did we know, it was a grueling switchback trail up to the first lake, which was snowed in and still frozen over. We got there about 10:30 PM, set up camp and ate. We explored the next day and decided there was no way we would make it across to Cow Creek Meadows with the snow, so we stayed another day and hiked back down the way we came up.
I have pics at home I'll post. If you zoom in on the mountainside northeast of the lower Larch lake, you can see the switchbacks we trudged up in the snow, half in the dark. :awesomework:
Boonie Buster
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I guess I didnt share my last hike/camp of the year yet, well major trip anyways, unless something comes up!!!:redneck:
Anyways, went to the Olympic Penn. Sol Duc campground. Hike from the trailhead 1.5 miles up the road to deer lake. It was pretty dang cold and damp both nights/days. Weather as reports in mid 30s at night.
Here is our lovely camp:
This is in maybe a mile it's a shelter of sorts that was closed for reconstruction:
A waterfall maybe 1000 yards up the trail from the shelter
Another 1.5 miles in another falls:
At Deer lake we sat on a bridge, warmed up and ate lunch: There was a map showing all the campsites around the lake, so we explored those and some other trails and headed back down after that.
Looking back from the other end of the lake, you can see the bridge we ate lunch at.
Some cool trail features: The trail was very rough and looked like a river flowed down the trail during the winter/spring, very rocky, and slick.
The trail....:haha:
Me freezing on Lake Crescent on the way home. Huge lake!
Anyways, went to the Olympic Penn. Sol Duc campground. Hike from the trailhead 1.5 miles up the road to deer lake. It was pretty dang cold and damp both nights/days. Weather as reports in mid 30s at night.
Here is our lovely camp:
This is in maybe a mile it's a shelter of sorts that was closed for reconstruction:
A waterfall maybe 1000 yards up the trail from the shelter
Another 1.5 miles in another falls:
At Deer lake we sat on a bridge, warmed up and ate lunch: There was a map showing all the campsites around the lake, so we explored those and some other trails and headed back down after that.
Looking back from the other end of the lake, you can see the bridge we ate lunch at.
Some cool trail features: The trail was very rough and looked like a river flowed down the trail during the winter/spring, very rocky, and slick.
The trail....:haha:
Me freezing on Lake Crescent on the way home. Huge lake!
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X2! sounds very fun
GRNTACO
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Damn! Didn't know we had a fellow mountaineer in the wheeling crew. ??? Right on.....
Yeah there are some places you just can't drive to
It was.
Did you make it to the lookout?
I didn't make it this year and its too late now.
Time to start a skiing thread. Anyone randonee?:stirpot:
Motodestroyer69
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I hiked up Granite Mountain last week, on that last bright, totally clear sunny day we had on Monday.... well, it was stunning. We had a 360* view, we saw Rainier, Baker, and Hood! I wish I could figure out how to re-size the damn pictures, I've been wanting to post them all week!
('puters..... )
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