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peltoms Member
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:11 am
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Price Lake is to my knowledge the fastest growing lake in the North Cascades since 1980. We have a number of new lakes that have formed as glaciers retreat, but in terms of existing lakes. It is a lake I have had bad luck with. I got a bit of dunking, crossing the Nooksack ruining my film in my first visit in 1984.
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ree Member
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 4399 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:26 am
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I wondered about that lake. Anyone been there? I asked Jen and she said it was a bushwack.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Doesnt look far off of the North Fork Nooksack River trail.... Maybe a mile.
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Jason Hummel Member
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 1209 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma Washington |
I've been there before, but a few years past. I remember a nice place. There used to be a log that was a challenging crossing on the creek. The price glacier is a very cool looking glacier!
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
What brought you there Jason? I didnt think that you were a lake bagger!
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Jason Hummel Member
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 1209 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma Washington |
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Ah ha. A means to an end, as it were.... Good. Is that lake worth the effort? Im thinking it might be.....
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whitebark Member
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 1864 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
ree wrote: | I wondered about that lake. Anyone been there? I asked Jen and she said it was a bushwack. |
I've been there, too. There is a fairly continuous and well-defined trail to the lake. It's a bit hard to find good camping along the shore, which is brushy at the outlet end. I ended up camping on a small flat spot along the left side shore. There, I had the unique experience of capturing a small glacier-spawned iceberg and using it to cool off my usual evening bourbon drink.
The ridgeline above the north side of the lake is an interesting exploration. There is a neat heather plateau about 1000 feet up, another good camping spot possibility.
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ree Member
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:52 am
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Thanks for that info, WB!
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whitebark Member
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 1864 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
You are welcome! Realize that my info is a bit old, as I was there perhaps 8 years ago. It is likely that the "trail" is even more defined now, but who knows...
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slabbyd Member
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:08 pm
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The lake in the lower right side of this Scurlock image does not exist on USGS maps. An early season cartography error? or one more depressing example of our shrinking glaciers......
Diobsud Glacier
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
When Tom did his walk around Bacon he spoke of many new lakes not on the map..... Looks like thats one of them.
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Tom Admin
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:23 pm
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Not any more depressing than either of the lakes on the other side IMO. That whole area is pretty breathtaking.
Lake 5240 on Bacon
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Scrooge Famous Grouse
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs | Pics Location: wishful thinking |
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:41 pm
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Peltoms started this thread with the assertion that Quote: | Price Lake is to my knowledge the fastest growing lake in the North Cascades since 1980. |
C'mon, Mauri. Let's see some statistics. What about Lynch Lake? (I assume that's what the lake left by the retreating Lynch Glacier is called).
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Did you ever get any response to your request for pics of the small Enchantments' glaciers? ....... I've got a few pics of parts of the Snow Creek Glacier, but none of them appear usefully definitive.
edit - Nice pic of Lake 5240, Tom. Got any more like that?
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
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peltoms Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 1760 | TRs | Pics Location: Worcester MA |
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Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:41 am
Nice try
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But the lake your refer to below the Lynch Glacier is Pea Soup Lake and it was already fairly substantial in 1978, note image taken in 1978. It developed quickly from 1972-1978.
The increase in size of Price Lake appears to be 30,000 square meters.
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