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Thread: Wall Lake
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06-19-2006, 07:50 AM #1
Wall Lake
Took another easy one on Saturday. I spent all day finishing up my deck and didn't get to Crystal Lake trailhead until 5:00 pm. There were lots of people parked in the parking lot but we only saw two other hiking groups and two scout groups on the other side of the lake so I think most were just hanging out at Washington.
Big purpose of the trip was to put together an itinerary for my 11 year old scouts to pass off some map & compass and a 5 mile hike requirement this week. I wanted to make sure the boys could make it through any snow and find out how long it'd take. There is still some snow and drifts 4' deep but they are easily passable and keeping on the trail wasn't a problem. If you were to take off up to Long lake I'm sure you'd have more trouble with the snow.
We hiked up to Wall Lake, over to Twin and Clyde Lakes, and back down to the trailhead. We also stopped for a little dinner.
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06-19-2006 07:50 AM # ADS
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06-20-2006, 08:00 PM #2
Wall Lake is pretty nice, especially for the young'uns who can't hike real far. I've been their twice, once in the winter of '76. We were just out of school for Christmas break and didn't know what in the world we were doing. There was a foot of ice on the lake, and we had shotguns and tried to blast holes through the ice with them, but of course, it would've taken twenty shots to get through. One kid who was with us ended up spending a few days in the hospital with pneumonia.
The second time I went was with my two boys when they were young (around 6 and 8 or so). The mosquitoes were so thick--I don't think I've ever seen them worse. Just picked a bad time to go I guess.
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07-14-2006, 10:14 AM #3Code:
Big purpose of the trip was to put together an itinerary for my 11 year old scouts to pass off some map & compass and a 5 mile hike requirement this week.
Thanks,
Russ
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07-14-2006, 10:25 AM #4
Nice photos!
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07-14-2006, 12:08 PM #5Originally Posted by mudjumper
If you need a little more detail of some GPS points just let me know.
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07-27-2006, 07:55 AM #6Originally Posted by icthys
Thanks!
Russ
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