Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2127 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
Gee, I wonder why the Search function here or at WTA doesn't reveal too many TRs for Swimming Deer. Think Theseus or Glasses Lake descent, but shorter. We accessed the PCT from the Mill Creek service road. The ancient trail is in good shape if you know where to look. Josephine was a beautiful sapphire as usual, but this time we continued onward. This stretch of the PCT is beautiful with views down the Icicle Valley and across to the Chiawaukum range. The late summer harvest looks to be promising. We spied Swimming Deer below, and found a "trail" down, and then unsuccessfully looked for a real trail down. So slippery heather, a snow filled chute and talus it would be. After the Lost Lake route last week, David declared, " We're having another adventure!" I suppose once the snow finger melts out access will be easier. We spent a lovely afternoon at the lake, trying to interest the fish in something. I took my first alpine lake swim of the year - bracing. Just before leaving, I finally enticed a couple of plump RBs. Had one of those leisurely long summer early evening walks back to the car.Swimming Deer Lake PCT Between Josephine and Swimming Deer
"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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