Mon, Aug 4 2014 - Picklejar Lakes - Slower Pace (View Original Event Details)
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Jeff S
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| Participants: | | Jeff S, Yavorka S, Milly H, Deanna P, kiernan L, Yvanne G, Pablo R, Fernando L |
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Write Up:The hike to the Picklejar Lakes was a great hike today. I was happy to finally have done this hike.
The skies were blue as we left the car pool location and drove into the mountains with the looks of
a great weather day in the mountains. The trail is easy to find, a brief bit of hwy walking from
Lantern day use area and the trail is easily found on the north bank of Lantern Creek. Excellent
trail all the way. We took our time as this was a slower paced hike and stopped to take in the
increasing scenery of green valleys and rocky mountain tops. There was a stiff ascent up to a pass
which I think had everyone breathing a bit more. We hiked all the way to the 4th lake where we
settled on a nice spot for lunch. Here we enjoyed a 40 min lunch break soaking up the beautiful
vistas of the 4th lake and the impressive mountains forming a beautiful cirque. We enjoyed our hike
out and shared the trail with at least 30-40 other people throughout the day. As promised, the there
was cloud build up and mid afternoon we saw dark clouds and heard impressive thunder. It did rain on
us for about 15 min on our descent and rained quite heavily on our drive out. It was a great day
out. I enjoyed meeting 7 new people today. Thanks everyone for coming today. Jeff
