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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17857 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:44 pm
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Nephews from out of town wanted to do a hike today and NOAA's pinpoint forecast looked good for the Rampart area so we decided to check out how much melt had occurred during the recent heat wave since tlake's visit on 7/6. Not much! It's going to be a while until Lillian melts out. Sunny and breezy was the forecast. They got the breezy right. Getting over the slick rocks at Lillian was treacherous and conditions were pea soup so we bailed on heading up to the Ramparts but still had fun checking out the impressive falls below Laura. Never had much time to check them out but today conditions were optimal. A few pics...
Heading out Laura Falls (Scrooge Approved) Laura Falls (Scrooge Unapproved) Rock Bagging Arriving at Lillian Arriving at Laura Top of Laura Falls Below Top of Falls 6'6" Nephew for Scale Top of Falls (Scrooge Approved) Top of Falls (Scrooge Unapproved) From Below Top of Falls
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Nice to see a TR from you again Thomas. Any shots of Lillian? Curious to see the changes since the last TR there.
Oops. I guess that IS Lillian. LOL! Thanks.
"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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Tom Admin
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:53 pm
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I posted the best shot I have. We were clouded in but from what we could see of Lillian it was still snowbound. The recent heat wave didn't make much of a dent!
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Scrooge Famous Grouse
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs | Pics Location: wishful thinking |
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:16 pm
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What can I say? The "Scrooge approved" versions look more like what you saw; the "Scrooge unapproved" versions are prettier.
I do kind of like these as pictures of moving water .......
....... even if Laura had serious problems with her makeup.
Lillian and Laura have been part of our story for quite awhile, Tom. You took a side
trip down to Laura on the way out, the day we met, while I tried to get a head start
on the way down to the car. Must be, what, 12 or 13 years now?
Somehow, I think it would be a little hard to think of someone who was 6'6" as a nephew.
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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1k Member
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 606 | TRs | Pics Location: Ballard |
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:07 pm
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Backpacker Joe wrote: | Any shots of Lillian? Thanks. |
Did someone say photos of Lillian? Friday was a better day for photos...
Still got pleanty of time before a dip in the lake will be pleasant!
Picture 015 Picture 019 Picture 061 Picture 057 Picture 063
And for good measure, Lake Laura from above.
Picture 066
Life is short, hike hard...
Life is short, hike hard...
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Sore Feet Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6307 | TRs | Pics Location: Out There, Somewhere |
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
I was up there last summer with my nephew. The road is getting pretty over grown. Otherwise not to bad.
"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."
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Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:13 pm
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Wow, I'm surprised at how much snow there still is up there.
Looking for something relatively close to SEA and not terribly long for this coming weekend. Oh, and fitching.
Not coming up with anything too brilliant thus far. It's just a titch too early still.
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17857 | TRs | Pics
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Tom
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:46 pm
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One or two spots on the road might challenge a low clearance vehicle but otherwise it's in good shape. Some good samaritan has brushed it out but it's still tight. Definitely do NOT take a new vehicle up there.
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