Glockguy
07-30-2005, 04:49 PM
I hiked up to these lakes with my brother and dad on 7/25. We arrived at the TH (Trail Head) at 6 a.m. The views of the valley and mountains surrounding the area were awe inspiring.
We ate lunch after arriving at the lower Red Pine lake at about 8:00 a.m. (I deleted my trip computer on my gps so i can't give exact time) We saw some kind of strange mammal on the rocks near the lake about the size of a large cat. It was a pretty slow moving animal and I got some pics. Anyone know what it is?
The upper lake was about another 15 minutes up. I like the upper lake best with it's alpine feel. There are spectacular views of the Pfeifferhorn with it's accompanying granite ridge. My brother and I did some bouldering on afew of the granite house-sized boulders. We will get a geocache on top of the ridge between White Pine Lake and Upper Red Pine Lake in a few weeks on another trip we have planned.
We headed down from the upper lake at about 11 a.m. We were happy to have both lakes to ourselves at this early hour. The parking lot at the bottom was very crowded an hot as we arrived back at the car.
I will also included a topo pick with out track imposed on it (Courtesy or my Garmin 60CS) I can also post an satelite photo with tracks if anyone is interested.
We ate lunch after arriving at the lower Red Pine lake at about 8:00 a.m. (I deleted my trip computer on my gps so i can't give exact time) We saw some kind of strange mammal on the rocks near the lake about the size of a large cat. It was a pretty slow moving animal and I got some pics. Anyone know what it is?
The upper lake was about another 15 minutes up. I like the upper lake best with it's alpine feel. There are spectacular views of the Pfeifferhorn with it's accompanying granite ridge. My brother and I did some bouldering on afew of the granite house-sized boulders. We will get a geocache on top of the ridge between White Pine Lake and Upper Red Pine Lake in a few weeks on another trip we have planned.
We headed down from the upper lake at about 11 a.m. We were happy to have both lakes to ourselves at this early hour. The parking lot at the bottom was very crowded an hot as we arrived back at the car.
I will also included a topo pick with out track imposed on it (Courtesy or my Garmin 60CS) I can also post an satelite photo with tracks if anyone is interested.