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10-16-2018, 08:09 PM
I’ve been able to get out on some more hikes with the new crew.
Green Mountain day hike
On 10/3/18 I took Adam, Grant and Albert on a 5 mile RT day hike on Green Mountain, Suiattle area. We did encounter a couple inches of snow higher up. The boys did fine.
Park Butte day hike
On 10/6/18 I took Adam, Grant and Albert on a day hike to the tarns by Park Butte, Mount Baker area. We went 7.1 miles RT, with about 1,600 ft elevation gain. They did fine. In the open country, when I stopped once, Grant spotted a person in the distance coming toward us. He did not want to follow me, and started to head the other way. I was able to get Adam’s lead and head off in another direction, Grant and Albert then followed.
There were quite a few people on the trail, probably 6-8 with dogs. I put the goats in a string a good part of the time in the open country, and part of the time on the trail to make things go more easily when passing people & dogs.
I realized that I should have had a halter on at least Adam (I had not packed any). There were times when he’d stop to eat or look that required a pretty good tug on the lead. Some new experiences with the goats, but overall, it went well.
Snowy Lakes
On Wednesday 10/10/18 I started on a 4 day pack trip with Adam, Grant and Albert. My goal was to go to Snowy Lakes starting from the Cutthroat Lake trailhead. This is off the PCT north of highway 20.
Due to a variety of reasons we did not get on the trail until 2 pm. The trail is good so we went past Cutthroat lake and to a bench about half way up to Cutthroat pass. That was about 4 ½ miles with 1,600 ft of gain.
There was still some nice color to the larches, but some seemed to be getting past their prime color.
Cutthroat Lake
Above Cutthroat Lake
The bench above Cutthroat Lake is a nice spot to camp. It was mostly cloudy that day, but still some spots of sun. When the sun went behind the ridge it got cold quickly.
In the morning there was a pretty heavy layer of frost on my tent. I packed up quickly and we headed up toward Cutthroat pass.
to be continued...
Green Mountain day hike
On 10/3/18 I took Adam, Grant and Albert on a 5 mile RT day hike on Green Mountain, Suiattle area. We did encounter a couple inches of snow higher up. The boys did fine.
Park Butte day hike
On 10/6/18 I took Adam, Grant and Albert on a day hike to the tarns by Park Butte, Mount Baker area. We went 7.1 miles RT, with about 1,600 ft elevation gain. They did fine. In the open country, when I stopped once, Grant spotted a person in the distance coming toward us. He did not want to follow me, and started to head the other way. I was able to get Adam’s lead and head off in another direction, Grant and Albert then followed.
There were quite a few people on the trail, probably 6-8 with dogs. I put the goats in a string a good part of the time in the open country, and part of the time on the trail to make things go more easily when passing people & dogs.
I realized that I should have had a halter on at least Adam (I had not packed any). There were times when he’d stop to eat or look that required a pretty good tug on the lead. Some new experiences with the goats, but overall, it went well.
Snowy Lakes
On Wednesday 10/10/18 I started on a 4 day pack trip with Adam, Grant and Albert. My goal was to go to Snowy Lakes starting from the Cutthroat Lake trailhead. This is off the PCT north of highway 20.
Due to a variety of reasons we did not get on the trail until 2 pm. The trail is good so we went past Cutthroat lake and to a bench about half way up to Cutthroat pass. That was about 4 ½ miles with 1,600 ft of gain.
There was still some nice color to the larches, but some seemed to be getting past their prime color.
Cutthroat Lake
Above Cutthroat Lake
The bench above Cutthroat Lake is a nice spot to camp. It was mostly cloudy that day, but still some spots of sun. When the sun went behind the ridge it got cold quickly.
In the morning there was a pretty heavy layer of frost on my tent. I packed up quickly and we headed up toward Cutthroat pass.
to be continued...
