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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2127 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
Always a good trip to get out with Mark (Leafguy) and Steve. We went in from the Top Lake TH up the Little Wenatchee. Just over 5 miles and we were at Top Lake. Mark showed off his usual fishing prowess, quickly landing a monster and gently releasing it, while Steve and I were skunked. We headed on over a mile to Pear Lake, and no luck here either, but I did manage a quick dip in the lake and the meadow was superb for lounging. Back to Top for more lounging and then the short death climb up Shoofly and the loooong walk through superb old growth. Luckily, Mark had a surprise for us back at the truck for some quick rehydration. About 14 miles on the day... Thanks for the trip, guys.
Meadowy Swath Grizzly Peak Top Lake & Grizzly Peak Serene Top Lake GP Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You Pear Lake
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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MLHSN What goes here?????
Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1067 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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MLHSN
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Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:01 pm
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Nice area. How were the bugs?
Sounds like Mark is healed up and back on the trail.
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5452 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
Beautiful green! This has been on my list for two reasons. One as a stop while I hike some of the PCT along that stretch. Also as a nostalgia trip, below is a photo of my wife getting into our Cannondale tent at Pear Lake back in 1979.
Pear Lake
Any hammock trees a round Pear Lake or should I take a tent.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Nice report. Of the lakes up there Peach is the best. Its just not automatic how to get to it.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2127 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
- Bugs were only mildly annoying.
- Lots of good spots for a hammock, Lloyd.
- As you can see, Mark is healed up just fine!
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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Leafguy Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 525 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:41 pm
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Get Out and Go wrote: | - Bugs were only mildly annoying.
- Lots of good spots for a hammock, Lloyd.
- As you can see, Mark is healed up just fine! |
A high lake and a fly rod have great healing powers
So does a Whistling Pig at the end of the trail!
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kite Member
Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 1414 | TRs | Pics Location: Olympia |
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Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:15 pm
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5452 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
OK, what's all that line in the water? Last time I went fly fishing I remember just touching a lever sticking out of my reel and all that slack line just got sucked up into the spool like Spaghetti off your fork in a romantic movie.
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Studebaker Hoch Member
Joined: 04 Jul 2013 Posts: 463 | TRs | Pics Location: eastside |
Whats the deal with Little Wen and White river road? When I left Chiwawa river road sunday it looked like they had closed north shore road to all but local traffic?
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Leafguy Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 525 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:01 pm
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HitTheTrail wrote: |
OK, what's all that line in the water? Last time I went fly fishing I remember just touching a lever sticking out of my reel and all that slack line just got sucked up into the spool like Spaghetti off your fork in a romantic movie. |
You must've had one of those Perrine reels (there were a few other makes too) that had a spring type of mechanism. I think they are illegal now. As far as fly reels go, 99% of the time, they are just line holders when trout fishing. I can control the fish much better manually. I laugh when I see people using some shiny reel that makes enough noise to wake the dead and costs more than $50.
BTW - we only caught one fish all day.
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
It's been 10 years since I did that trip with you and I am having trouble finding that picture of the rainbow that jumped out of the water and was arced in a complete circle head to tail in the air. That is the Top Lake experience your seeking.
Living in the Anthropocene
Living in the Anthropocene
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MLHSN What goes here?????
Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1067 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:30 pm
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I got skunked last time I was there. I saw several surfaces but couldn't get one to bight.
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Leafguy Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 525 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:49 pm
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5452 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
kite wrote: | What's the elevation of the trailhead and is it road 400 or 500? |
Kite- I think the road to Top Lake TH is 6701 and the TH elevation is around 3000'. Road 400 goes to Heather Lake TH so it is not that one. I am not sure where you are seeing road 500. I can't find it on the official Wenatchee National Forest map.
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kite Member
Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 1414 | TRs | Pics Location: Olympia |
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Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:34 pm
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I think I found it one of my trail books, road 500 came from the topo section on Gmap4.
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