[cartman]

Ptarmigan Peak, Pasaytens http://www.mtnvista.net/Mountains/Mountains%202005/05%2010-08%20Ptarmigan%20Peak.htm Cardinal etc., Entiats http://www.mtnvista.net/Mountains/Mountains%202004/Entiat%20Crest%20Gallery/Entiat%20Crest%20Outing%20Report.html Choral Peak, Entiats Ice Lakes, Entiats Others?

[reststep]

Wing Lake

[Bedivere]

Leroy Basin Horseshoe Lake Ice Lakes Larch Lakes (well, duh!)

[jenjen]

Horseshoe Basin PCT from Cutthroat Pass to Golden Horn Headlight Basin / Ingalls Lake

[Karen²]

Mt Assiniboine is the best ever larch hike. All joking aside larch hikes mean heading to the Canadian Rockies for me. The grand daddy of them all, Lake O'Hara cannot be beat.

Lake O'hara

Odaray Prospect

Odaray and Schaffer Lake from All Souls

Opabin Plateau

Goodsir Towers from Odaray Prospect trail

There's also aptly named Larch Valley

Larch Valley from Sentinel Pass

Larix, Rock Isle and Grizzly Lakes

Standish Lookout

And Monica Meadows (didn't quite time that one right).

Monica Meadows

Monica Meadows

Tazz strolling through Monica Meadows

[Jennifer S.]

Karen: Lake O'hara OMG! How gorgeous. Now I have to go there too. You are such an incredible photographer.

[Layback]

Blue Lake (pics are post-prime colors)

[Matt]

Karen, those are fantastic. I especially like the Standish Lookout view.

[Karen²]

Go straight up from that island in the Standish viewpoint, see that pointy peak in the distance? That is Mt Assiniboine. This is an easy side trip on the way to Mt Assiniboine. Layback is right, Blue Lake is an excellent choice to take non-hikers, it is very short and very scenic. Lots of places to explore around too. You'll often see goats there too.

Ooooweeee, look at those awful film prints! And just who is that handsome fella trying to blend in with the larches with a yellow shirt?

[Dave Workman]

From last fall.

Fall color still here

Tamarack and Mt. Stuart

Yellower

Yellowest

[stacymarie]

Looks like I'm heading to Blue Lake on Saturday! How pretty! Here's a link to Karen's Hike of the Week if any day trippers are heading out.

[loper]

anything in the Teanaways in mid-Oct anything in the Sawtooths (Twisp area) in early Oct Ingalls area in Oct Just don't wait too long or your color will look like this!

Last of the Larches

[JPH]

Where is the closest larch trip to Seattle?

[wolfs]

County Line between Beverly-Fourth Pass and up+over Tooth Saddle is a good one. Pretty close to Seattle too, can be there shade over 2 hrs. There's a few larch just over Stevens but in that location you have to climb WAY high up the ridges before you are particularly close to them. Headlight Basin also good but County Line a bit more peaceful usually.

[JimK]