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Well I am back after hanging out in the mountains off the Mount Loop Hiway for about a week. The kid hung in there great though I think her mom was getting sick of living in the wilderness after 8 days
The first day we just explored several areas looking for the right spot to camp. Well I guess it wasn't really exploring, I already knew of all the good spots, but I had to give Shiloh a look before I just moved us into one. We picked a spot beside Perry creek, which gave my RC truck some great rockcrawling opportunities which just happened to occupy all of the first Saturday
Sunday found us headed up to Independence Lake for a bit of fishing. I had hoped to con the ladies into following me the extra couple miles over the ridgelines to North Lake, but neither would. The result of that decision was that after 4 hours of fishing Independence I had got one bite and lost one lure to the snags :fire: On the upside it is a beautiful lake. You may remember this pic from earlier in the thread.
Monday found us Headed in to the Boardman Lake at Zaira's insistence. She loves this lake due to the high amphibian population. She only caught one Salamander and one frog this time though.
Usually I never catch a fish here, but I actually caught three in the first hour and no more for the next few hours. All brookies of course.
And of course a pic of the Boardman Lake
Tuesday we headed in to the Ice caves which are pretty much non existent this year, and Wednesday I headed up Mt Dickerman in the rain while the girls stayed at camp. I left the camera with them and traveled light due to the heavy elevation gain and wet wet conditions. In short no pics.
Thursday dawned as a beautiful day, and we headed in to the Kelcema Lake for a bit of fishing. I caught nothing but beautiful views of the mountains from this Alpine Lake as usual. This one is also probably seen earlier in the thread, but is my best picture of the lake.
Friday found us wandering in to the Bear and Pinnacle Lakes. The girls weren't up to the extra mile and a half up up up to Pinnacle, so I left them with all the gear, camera, and a radio at Bear Lake and headed in to Pinnacle to fish. I ended up pulling out 6 brookies and one rainbow in an hour and a half then dropped down to eat with the girls at the lower lake.
Saturday we packed it in and headed home. All in all a good week. There was a considerable amount of rescue activity in the area though due to a couple foolish folkes getting lost on Vesper peak during Tuesdays thunderstorm. Given it is rugged country, and confusing in the mist (yes I have hiked it before) but the fools forgot their maps and had little gear to speak of. Fortunately they were found on Thursday evening unhurt and just a bit frozen and hungry.
Vesper actually has a trail all the way to the top which is easily handled with moderrate scrambling skills. The Search and Rescue Folks make it sound like a climb, but it's pretty easy though the trail is a very faint line of cairns as you cross the rock piles. In short in the heavy cloud cover of tuesday it would be easy to lose your way if you were not familiar with the rock crossings. Me I would have headed down as soon as I saw the black clouds building to the west rather than pushing on to a 6'000 foot peak.
The first day we just explored several areas looking for the right spot to camp. Well I guess it wasn't really exploring, I already knew of all the good spots, but I had to give Shiloh a look before I just moved us into one. We picked a spot beside Perry creek, which gave my RC truck some great rockcrawling opportunities which just happened to occupy all of the first Saturday
Sunday found us headed up to Independence Lake for a bit of fishing. I had hoped to con the ladies into following me the extra couple miles over the ridgelines to North Lake, but neither would. The result of that decision was that after 4 hours of fishing Independence I had got one bite and lost one lure to the snags :fire: On the upside it is a beautiful lake. You may remember this pic from earlier in the thread.
Monday found us Headed in to the Boardman Lake at Zaira's insistence. She loves this lake due to the high amphibian population. She only caught one Salamander and one frog this time though.
Usually I never catch a fish here, but I actually caught three in the first hour and no more for the next few hours. All brookies of course.
And of course a pic of the Boardman Lake
Tuesday we headed in to the Ice caves which are pretty much non existent this year, and Wednesday I headed up Mt Dickerman in the rain while the girls stayed at camp. I left the camera with them and traveled light due to the heavy elevation gain and wet wet conditions. In short no pics.
Thursday dawned as a beautiful day, and we headed in to the Kelcema Lake for a bit of fishing. I caught nothing but beautiful views of the mountains from this Alpine Lake as usual. This one is also probably seen earlier in the thread, but is my best picture of the lake.
Friday found us wandering in to the Bear and Pinnacle Lakes. The girls weren't up to the extra mile and a half up up up to Pinnacle, so I left them with all the gear, camera, and a radio at Bear Lake and headed in to Pinnacle to fish. I ended up pulling out 6 brookies and one rainbow in an hour and a half then dropped down to eat with the girls at the lower lake.
Saturday we packed it in and headed home. All in all a good week. There was a considerable amount of rescue activity in the area though due to a couple foolish folkes getting lost on Vesper peak during Tuesdays thunderstorm. Given it is rugged country, and confusing in the mist (yes I have hiked it before) but the fools forgot their maps and had little gear to speak of. Fortunately they were found on Thursday evening unhurt and just a bit frozen and hungry.
Vesper actually has a trail all the way to the top which is easily handled with moderrate scrambling skills. The Search and Rescue Folks make it sound like a climb, but it's pretty easy though the trail is a very faint line of cairns as you cross the rock piles. In short in the heavy cloud cover of tuesday it would be easy to lose your way if you were not familiar with the rock crossings. Me I would have headed down as soon as I saw the black clouds building to the west rather than pushing on to a 6'000 foot peak.