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Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Wallace Falls
We took another quick hike up to Wallace Falls today, with my nieces Ashley and Brianna. A few shots:
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wallace Falls
Galena and I took Caedmon his first real hike yesterday, up to Wallace Falls. (OK, it's a state park, so it wasn't a real hike, but it was outdoors, several miles, over dirt, next to a stream, and ending at a waterfall. He certainly thought it was real.)
The weather was beautiful: more like two weeks ago (in the upper 70's) than last week (snowing). We'd planned more for cold than for sunshine, so I'm afraid that Caedmon was both overdressed and under-protected from the sun. He didn't get burned, though, which we'd been worried about. It was good just to get out, even if we turned around at the first set of falls, as Caedmon was getting tired of the backpack by that point.
One interesting note is that as we were on our way down, but still more than two miles from the trailhead, we passed a group of older ladies who were hiking together. We'd seen them earlier, on our way up, and I was impressed that they had gotten so far up, since one of them was walking very slowly. When we passed them this time, she was sitting on a stump, and suddenly slumped over just as we passed. Her friends caught her, but she was clearly having difficulties. It turns out that (a) she was a borderline diabetic, probably with low blood sugar; (b) she'd probably overheated as well; and (c) she'd fallen earlier on the hike, and had badly pulled a muscle in her thigh.
After eating a sandwich, she was feeling better, and was able to make a little progress, but she was still going very slowly. It didn't quite feel right to leave them alone, so Galena took Caedmon back to the car, while I stayed with them. I ended up carrying her on my back through some of the rougher parts of the trail, but she managed to walk by herself most of the way.
Caedmon and Galena were waiting for us, of course.
The weather was beautiful: more like two weeks ago (in the upper 70's) than last week (snowing). We'd planned more for cold than for sunshine, so I'm afraid that Caedmon was both overdressed and under-protected from the sun. He didn't get burned, though, which we'd been worried about. It was good just to get out, even if we turned around at the first set of falls, as Caedmon was getting tired of the backpack by that point.
One interesting note is that as we were on our way down, but still more than two miles from the trailhead, we passed a group of older ladies who were hiking together. We'd seen them earlier, on our way up, and I was impressed that they had gotten so far up, since one of them was walking very slowly. When we passed them this time, she was sitting on a stump, and suddenly slumped over just as we passed. Her friends caught her, but she was clearly having difficulties. It turns out that (a) she was a borderline diabetic, probably with low blood sugar; (b) she'd probably overheated as well; and (c) she'd fallen earlier on the hike, and had badly pulled a muscle in her thigh.
After eating a sandwich, she was feeling better, and was able to make a little progress, but she was still going very slowly. It didn't quite feel right to leave them alone, so Galena took Caedmon back to the car, while I stayed with them. I ended up carrying her on my back through some of the rougher parts of the trail, but she managed to walk by herself most of the way.
Caedmon and Galena were waiting for us, of course.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Tiger Mountain
I took the opportunity after church to get another weekend hike in. Dan Custer, the youth pastor at our church, came with me, and we did a quick hike up Tiger Mountain, just off I90. (It's the same place where I had the opportunity to get a whack or two in on a car burglar last summer.)
The weather was OK for the hike, but it got cold towards the summit, fog blew in, and it finally started raining on us on our way back. We even ran into some remnants of the early spring snowfall we got two weeks ago.
Still, I got a few nice pictures in.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Heybrook Lookout
I was walking through an Albertsons' parking lot this morning, on my way to Starbucks, when I felt an unfamiliar sensation. It took me a few seconds to realize what it was.
It was warmth.
The sun was out, the sky was reasonably blue, and for the first time this year, the air was warm with the promise of Spring.
So I went hiking. I had to go by myself, as Galena and Caedmon are in Denver for the weekend, visiting one of Galena's college friends. But it was beautiful and enjoyable nevertheless.
There was too much snow to get up to some of my favorite hikes (Rachel Lake, Deception Creek, Lake Serene, and so forth), so I tried out a hike near the town of Index up to Heybrook Lookout. It was fairly short (about a mile and a half up or so), but steep, and with reasonably nice scenery around. It was missing lakes and streams, two of my favorite things about the woods, and the trail finished by connecting with a Forest Service road, which is one of my pet peeves. Even so, it was good to be out again after a winter full of wet and sloth.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Dorothy Lake
Galena was busy today, catching up with friends, so I took the opportunity to head into the mountains. I looked through our map of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, and decided on the trail to (and past) Dorothy Lake, which I hadn't hiked before.
The weather was beautiful, and the trail wasn't overly crowded – I probably passed 30 or 40 people over the 13 miles I hiked. A few pictures:
Turns out that most of the pictures I thought were any good from this hike were of plants and wildflowers more than scenery. Most likely that's because it was pretty harsh sunlight most of the hike -- which makes for great viewing, and a great time, but not so hot pictures.
As a side note, I should mention that I love my Nikkor 18-200 VR lens. Recommended.
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