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chiwakum
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chiwakum
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 Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:21 pm |
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I'm trying to catch up on writing TRs for old trips.
Summary:
Crowded homely squalid sterile lake with mediocre scenery. I don't recommend it. I wouldn't bother reading the rest of this report.
Hiked Lost Creek Ridge Trail to Lk Byrne on day 1
Walked down to Kennedy HS 2.0 to admire the remodel and a luxurious soak and camped near Little Siberia on day 2
Hiked back out Lost Ck Ridge on day 3
Stats
Elevation: yes
Bugs: minimal
Humans: None around Lake Byrne until evening of day 2 as I was packing to move camp
Distance: around 12 upsy downsy miles each way
It had been 5 years since my previous visit (ran into BarbE on that 2009 trip) so I was due for another trip
Day 1 Hiked to Lk Byrne and took some evening snapshots
 Round Lake  Hardtack Lake  Camp Lake  Camp Lake  Camp Lake  Little Siberia  Little Siberia  Little Siberia  Little Siberia  Little Siberia  Little Siberia  Fun with Shadows  Into the Abyss  Kennedy HS 2.0 Overview of the Makeover  Kennedy HS 2.0 Beckons  Kennedy HS 2.0 Now with less fecal coliform  Kennedy HS 2.0 Primordial Goo  Kale Smoothy  Best smelling thunderbox of all time  Trail  Not a lot of stock around lately
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Matt
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Matt
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Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:34 am |
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So Kennedy Hot Springs has bubbled back up from the debris? I didn't know that.
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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Chico
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Chico
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Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:29 am |
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Backpacker Joe
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Youre a Krazie bastard, you know that Wakumeister? 
"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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Kim Brown
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Foist and I stopped at Hardtack for our first night. It was about 95 degrees and we couldn't get to Byrne.
Thanks for the photos & trip report; 
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"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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BarbE
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BarbE
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:35 am |
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Thanks Chiwacum for bringing back good memories of that amazing place.
Love the night shots, Lake Byrne and the not so hot springs.
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NorDub
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NorDub
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:53 pm |
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That fish looks massive. How big was it?
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touron
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touron
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:22 am |
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It looks like Kennedy HS 2.0 is an improvement over 1.0, with even more tepidness and improved orangeness.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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Magellan
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Magellan
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:38 am |
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Sorry you had to spend two nights in such a wretched place. This image is particularly appalling.
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Jetlag
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Jetlag
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Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:30 pm |
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Great TR! Remembering when we used to take students on the six mile X-C ski for a dip in the springs. Great route for climbing Glacier too.
Nice kale smoothy you got there.
The lure in that fat cut's mouth is one of my two favorites for high lakes.
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Snowbrushy
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Question: Is this a picture of what remains of the hot springs tub?
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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chiwakum
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chiwakum
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Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:41 pm |
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| Snowbrushy wrote: | | Question: Is this a picture of what remains of the hot springs tub?
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Damn good question. Pondered the same thing. About the right location iirc so maybe.
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Snowbrushy
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| chiwakum wrote: | | Damn good question. Pondered the same thing. About the right location iirc so maybe. |
Thanks for the good scouting and photo. Obviously it's just a big gully washer with no large boulder field covering the tub as had been reported here. Thanks!
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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MtnGoat
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Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:00 pm |
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| Magellan wrote: | | Sorry you had to spend two nights in such a wretched place. This image is particularly appalling.
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He's even got the Andromeda Galaxy tucked in there. Small smudgy thing at upper right.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Sculpin
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Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:03 am |
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I met my wife of 32 years at Kennedy Hot Springs. I have been telling folks that we met at a place that no longer exists. Guess I can't say that anymore.
Typical KHS experience:
Arrive hot and sweaty on a cool day. Remove clothes, jump in pool. Sublime! Aaaah...five minutes later, you notice that you are feeling a bit chilled. But it still feels good. A few minutes later, and now you are really chilled. Finally acknowledging that you are headed in the wrong direction, you jump out, and before you are dried off you start shivering. Pull on your layers and continue to shiver for the next 10 minutes.
So if the pool never gets rebuilt, I am OK with that.
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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