I wanted to get into Blethen lakes. I had hoped they might be snow free. Silly me! I made it from the Taylor river parking lot up to the 2400' elevation and the first creek crossing when I started walking on snow. Well if there was snow there the lakes would still be covered so I had some lunch and turned around. On the way out I stopped by the Dingford creek parking lot and messed around there. It was a good day in the woods with a pretty good workout.
Oops, wrong adapter for my G12.
New pack and new poles
Looking up the valley towards Blethen lakes
I never like crossing that log.
The first creek crossing
Dingford parking lot
Dingford creek
Dingford creek
Dingford creek
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"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
Yes it has long nails in it as well. I've crossed it before, I just didnt see any reason to cross it on this trip since I'd just be on snow. Ill get into the lakes later in the year. It is possible to climb down and cross the creek but it's a bitch.
"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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"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
Yes it has long nails in it as well. I've crossed it before, I just didnt see any reason to cross it on this trip since I'd just be on snow. Ill get into the lakes later in the year. It is possible to climb down and cross the creek but it's a bitch.
Has been about 5 years since I was last at Blethen. At that time you had a choice of 2 logs to cross. Sorry to see there remains but one.
It is the next crossing that seems more dicey to me. One false step and down a 60* exposed rock rushing stream you go!
Probably best you waited. The lake is not going anywhere...
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Probably best you waited. The lake is not going anywhere... 
