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RE:WL.com High lakes photo collection

Post by The Quadfather » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:49 am

Rollin with Rolland wrote:
quadradomus wrote:


Rolland,

Were these photos taken this year?? and where?

yep. June 10th. they were taken in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie national forest in northwest whatcom county.

getting ready for bear season, quadradomus??? :jocolor:

No, bear season for me just means that maybe we might meet up in the same area. No gun poweder involved.
To me it's just cool to know/see that this stuff is out there.
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RE:WL.com High lakes photo collection

Post by crkohrin » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:10 pm

heres lake 22 as of June 20th
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Post by fishnislife » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:44 pm

Lena Lakes

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Just south of Quilcene in the Olympic National Park.

It was a great day hike but I think next time I would like to camp to take it in a little more. It is beautiful up there but it's a hike. Plus I got to pack the kid all the way up. :pale:

Here is some info on the hike to the lakes from NWsource:
Trail description: Upper Lena Lake may possibly render hikers speechless with its beauty and open views. Meanwhile, the trail up to Lena Lake will certainly leave hikers breathless with its intense steep ascent and sections that require something more akin to scrambling than hiking. Lower Lena Lake is a much less strenuous excursion. Both lakes are great day hikes but also feature many campsites for overnight visits.

Lena Lake Trail climbs gently but steadily through three miles of shady forest to Lower Lena Lake. Dogs and mountain bikes are allowed up to this point, where numerous camps encircle the large lake. Upper Lena Lake Trail continues from the northeast corner of the lake and climbs strenuously for another three miles. This section features switchback after switchback as it ascends the steep valley. Be prepared for a rocky, narrow and brushy trip.

The upper lake sits among some of the Olympics' best parkland meadows. Mount Bretherton stands to the south while Mount Lena fills the northern horizon. The National Park Service maintains numerous campsites around the eastern and southern shores of the lake. Footpaths create weblike patterns into the lakeside meadows. Be careful of treading into revegetation plots, where the park is aiding regrowth of the very sensitive meadow ecosystem. Although Upper Lena Lake receives many visitors during the summer, it is worthy of all the attention it receives.





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RE:WL.com High lakes photo collection

Post by Rollin with Rolland » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:08 pm

Church Lake...Whatcom County....7-28-08

Ok...i know it's been a cold year. BUT COME ON.......i hiked up to church today...look what i found!!



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report is incoming, but wow. still ICE on the lake. i guess, 5,200ft....what else should you expect.
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Post by kevinb » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:27 am

Great pics fishnislife and Rollin

No bears on this trip? :clown:

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Post by Rollin with Rolland » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:25 am

kevinb wrote:Great pics fishnislife and Rollin

No bears on this trip? :clown:
Not this time.....but i always have the bear repellent on hand just in case.....:cheers:
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Post by skeetrzx225 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:12 pm

both you guys take awesome pictures. thats the REAL great outdoors iam jealous Fishingislife and Rollin with Roland. that bear doesnt look to concerned about you fishing in his spot. hopfully me my wife will find some time to experance that.

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Post by fishnislife » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:53 pm

Thanks skeetrzx225 but the camera does most of the work. :-"
Dang Rollin with Rolland, that looks chilly up there. How long is the hike? And where is the trailhead?




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Post by skeetrzx225 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:43 pm

but you picked the shots and pushed the button give youself a little credit

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Post by Mr. Magler » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:31 am

Heather Lake, Snohomish County 8/3/08:
Wishin' I was fishin',

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:32 pm

:thumleft: Spider Mountains:rambo: one of the best:-$ :cheers: made it all the way over and viewed Lake Chelan:sunny:
In late spring Heaven on earth wild flowers open miles, Glaciers and deep forest to make her and the Crest will humble many8-[


9 Bears in just over 2 days on the trail head once we got remote I changed up the packs in gear during the time out break my bud took a 20 minute snooze= I loaded his pack with all the moose and elk jerky and Vacummed sealed Salmon:cyclopsan :chef: #-o =p~ 8-[ and gave him the back of the back:-$ :cheers: my gal at the time a 6ft 1 Blonde never thought she would make it she did!

We played field and gun safety mid treck all the Greenies and Grannolas lets say move off the trails head once they saw one side was a Kimber 45 autoloader and the other a packer 44 mag:-&
They had butterfly nets:colors:

What a trip what a hike and that one I will never see again but in my memories and pictures did I say Bears?:pig: :rendeer: :scratch:

Many great creeks and small lakes as well along the trail and the backside as well
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Post by zen leecher aka Bill W » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:28 am

Swede,

I have shot a number of deer in the general area of photos 3, 4 and 5. Camped where photo 7 was taken from. No trout caught up that far...one needs to go two miles further down the trail.

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:08 pm

:thumright 8-[ Who Has:-" #-o Are passions have passed the same trails:-$ :cheers:
I missed the biggest Cinnamon Bear I have ever seen in Wa with my bow:cyclopsan :colors:
Hit a tree limb just before the kill and lets just say he made a big Swede climb a tree fast he was 30 feet when I released:clown: [-x

Deer lets say I did some good and better Road work in the Spider Mountains8-[

Same years= Post a few up I would love to see your Roadwork Earned:cheers:

We were not CHASING BUTTER FLYS!!!

PS+= On the other side Ea Wolves and a Few Grizz Trust me:cyclopsan :-$ :-#
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Post by zen leecher aka Bill W » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:17 pm

If that's your camp location in the last photo I understand why our paths didn't cross. We usually camped down lower at the start of the meadows. Mostly our guys hunted the "golf course" which was up on the hillside behind our camp and all the way up in the basin heading over to Holden.

I shot 4 deer up there before the "bambi rules" ended. I got two spikes, a 2 point and a 5x6. After the 3 point or better rules I took a bow up, shot a doe in 1987 and that generally started the bow hunting up there. The next year our camp went 4 for 4 on the first day with two 3 points and two 4 points. Somewhere around then I started horn hunting and passed on the usual 2 1/2 year old deer. I did shoot another 5x6 in 1994.

The first 5x6 got packed out the equivalent of "field dressed". That was a terrible year and the one I learned the merits of boning deer out. If you ever heard of the guy who liked to take long shots up there, that was me.

We did get one Pope and Young mulie out of there in 1994. One of the youngsters took to bow hunting.

Killed lots of mice.

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:25 pm

I am sure your sky busting was at me:cyclopsan at times up high and remote we heard and felt a few thunder dents:colors: :clown: #-o

We did find Fry in a remote Creek I was shocked they were there!:fish:
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Post by zen leecher aka Bill W » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:39 pm

Only missed once up there...so you never dodged one of my errant projectiles:-"

Howdja like the hike out with that deer?

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:49 pm

:scratch: :shaking: :shaking2: Heck Bill the hike#-o it fell down a steep drop took me a hour and some very bad french:colors: to reach him.

The Good news I was the beast then not a cupcake and the two other goofs were crying foul on just extra gear let alone Meat.

We sure made a mess of a Land Rover:clown: and the drive home I think I slept the entire trip! :-&

My support was green on mean but we got it done:-$

Sore for weeks you earned and know the game:chef:

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:03 pm

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Post by kevinb » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:04 pm

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Coal Lake,Snohomish County 9-27=09
The pics didn't turn out all that great...mountainside brightly blurred.

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Post by The Quadfather » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:09 am

Nice pics. That one showing the rockslide,,, don't know if you made it over to the rockslide, but the angle of the slide continues within the lake. Straight drop off.
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