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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
We started in the Rocky Run drainage and hike up to Lake Lillian. Kevin got stung by a bee. There's a ground-nest in the trail, between the first and second junction. Beware! They are apt to swarm if you linger near the hive entrance.
Lake Lillian Lake Lillian high on Rampart Rampart Lakes and Alta near the summit Rampart summit block scrambling exposure scrambling Rampart summit rock summit panorama
We scrambled over the slabs to reach the east shore and then followed the trail up and out of the lake cirque. We encountered snow on the other side of the ridge. The true summit of Rampart ridge was a little scrambley with class 3 and 4 options, but it is short. We descended back to the gap above Lake Lillian, passing a few small lakes along the way.
small lake small lake Lake Lillian and Dungeon Peak SE Rampart north ridge narrow ridge SE Rampart SE Rampart summit SE Rampart summit Hibox descending the north ridge
From the gap we continued south along a narrow exposed ridge to the summit of SE Rampart 5606'. I had to crawl like a baby a few times to navigate small trees and low branches. We retraced our steps back to the gap and then descended back to Lake Lillian.
Lake Lillian floating fisherman floating fisherman zoom ascending Dungeon Peak Rampart Ridge southwest face Thomson south face
This time we navigated around the west side of the lake to reach the inlet drainage. We hiked up to the pass between Gold Lake and Lake Lillian. A few spots were tricky, especially mossy slabs. From the pass we turned south and hiked up through snow to the summit of Dungeon Peak 5640'.
ascending Dungeon Peak Dungeon Peak summit Dungeon Peak summit tricky moss slabs overlooking Lake Laura Twin Lakes Dunegon, Rampart, SE Rampart seen from Margaret Chikamin, Lemah, Chimney Rock, Summit Chief
From The Dungeon we returned to Lake Lillian for the third time and the followed the trail over to Twin Lakes and Mount Margaret. We were all feeling tired now (ok maybe not Kevin since he's an ultra-runner). Mount Margaret was our least favorite peak out of the 4, but it was rewarding to have a view of the other three peaks.
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Magellan Brutally Handsome
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 13116 | TRs | Pics Location: Inexorable descent |
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Magellan
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Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:33 am
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Fantastic!
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DarkHelmet Member
Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics
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Cool, I was up on Rampart Ridge on Saturday....
Here is a close up of the wasp nest.
The nest location was right in the middle of the trail. It was marked well with red plastic ribbon around the surrounding trees. When we came down I noticed someone had pulled the primary warning ribbon off the first tree and threw it in the bush. Did my best tie it back on. Why would someone pull it down?
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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
Thanks for the photo of the nest. That's an amazing shot. How did you take it without getting stung? For that part of our descent, we bushwacked off-trail well away from the nest.
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3361 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:12 am
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Man, those guys are ready to pounce. That's a brave shot there. Well done for the team! Thanks for trying to re-flag the varmints DarkHelmet.
And speaking of team, that's a great team you assembled for the hike, Gimpilator. You all managed to cover a lot of ground and maximize the day. Nice work, all. ~z
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DarkHelmet Member
Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics
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Honestly I have never been stung without provocation. Wasps/bees don't bother me. I just walked up calmly and took the photo. I cropped it a bit, here is the uncropped version.
I love the detail from my camera (Sony RX100 m2), I have only had it a couple weeks but I am really impressed with the detail available.
Photos from my hike can be viewed here:
http://www.meetup.com/ePeaks/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=18033632
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John Morrow Member
Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 1526 | TRs | Pics Location: Roslyn |
wow, nice grand day of the whole ridge! Fun stuff.
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
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