An afternoon hike down memory lane.
- September 22, 2020
- Team: Tuesday Dave
- 4.3 miles, 1517' gain, 5:09 car-to-car
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I did part of this hike before with Kathy....somewhere around 45 to 50 years ago.... so I don't remember it well but it looked a little different...... We followed the trail to Duck Lake for the first quarter-mile, then turned left. This area was devastated by the 1994 Blackwell fire. |
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It was hard to decide whether to bust brush or rock hop. So we did both. |
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After doing most of the gain, there are meadows under Burnside Peak. |
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Wet meadows, even in September. But very pretty. If the sky seems white, it is. We're still getting smoke from fires near Cambridge (amongst other places). |
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And there's Burnside Lake. |
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Burnside has fish in it. Dave landed a couple. I caught some but couldn't land them. Feisty little buggers, they managed to throw my barb-less hook each time. |
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We had read a report that Burnside #2 (which I didn't know existed) had been stocked with arctic char. Better go investigate. This involved a fairly level traverse under some cliff bands and across small talus. |
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Right over there. |
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| Gorgeous little lake. |  |
Incredible colors. But no fish. At least none that liked what we were throwing at them. |
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And there's one more little pond shown on the map, sort of along a possible route home. The shadow in the background is Beaverdam Peak. |
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| The contour lines indicated a deep cleft through the cliffs. Sure enough, it's a way to get down without brush. Well, not to here, anyway. Then it was the same ol' bushwack back to the trail, only with fresh bushes. |  |
See Dave's excellent photos (linked when available) |
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