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Surrey, BC
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Posted - 11/01/2005 : 2:11 PM
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Hi all!
Great website...can't believe I never saw it before..Now I'll live on it when I'm bored at work.
Attached are a few photos from my Ingalls Lake trip last month. This is a place in the North Cascades I have wanted to go for a long time..in the fall of course as there are larches there!! And one must hike in larch country in the early fall! The problem with a Vancouver hiker wanting to hit Ingalls is the LOOOOONG drive from Vancouver...well Surrey actually. I left my place at 6am on Sat and drove for right about 5 hours to get to the trailhead. You have to drive to Seattle, take the I-90 turn-off for Snoqualmie Pass. Once over the pass you drive eastwards, almost out of the mountains to a little hick town called "Cle Ellum". A few miles past the town is the turn-off to the "Tenaway" river road. This is pretty country, dry and kinda reminds one of Wyoming or Colorado. The road is about 25 miles up to the trailhead. About 1/2 is paved, the rest is mellow gravel, suitable to any car. There are a lot of government campgrounds along the way. The trailhead elevation is about 4400 feet, which is just right in my books. The trail is good, and climbs fairly quickly out of the trees and into quite barren alpine slopes. After about 2 hours (with a full pack!) you reach "Ingalls Pass" at about 6500 feet and the first really good view of the stunning Mt. Stuart, the 2nd highest non-volcanic peak in Washington. Its 9400 feet or so. From the pass, the trail really heads into weird and wonderful alpine basins with larch trees and colourful rocky slopes. The final section of trail into the Ingalls lake basin is a bit rough and indistinct but is marked by cairns, so just watch carefully for them. Once you climb up and over the last little steep lip, WOW, there is the lake right at the foot of rugged little Ingalls Peak, with Mt. Stuart accross the valley. Its really a wonderful place, not quite as crazy beautiful as the "enchantments" but its a whole lot easier to get to!! You are not supposed to camp at the lake, but I did... he he...I just bivvied out behind a rock by the lakeshore. The night was wonderful, the moon was out and it was utterly silent except for the wind.
GO THERE but keep in mind:
1)Its a bit of a push to go there on a 2 day trip considering the length of the drive!
2) Its like an oven in this area of the Cascades. Expect to roast anytime in the summer if the sun is out. I went in Late September and it wa still a bit hot.
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 Moxie scambler of pinnacles, tireless leader haunting the CDN/US border climbing everything in sight
Burnaby, BC
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2005 : 2:51 PM
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Ya know, sometimes you can tell that someone is gonna fit in well around here by their very first post. Welcome aboard Photofreak! And thanks for the report!
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 Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13047 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2005 : 2:54 PM
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Welcome to CT
That is a beautiful spot, one I've never even heard of. Like PB said, you really know how to make an entrance |
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bandana wearin', pole huckin', view lovin', dog herdin', 4x4 navigatin', lake huntin', butt-slidin' bridge crosser, who enjoys postholing with an overnighter pack
Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 11/01/2005 : 3:00 PM
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Yes, welcome . Looks like a neat place - thanks for the T/R & pictures
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Edited by - Spunky on 11/01/2005 3:01 PM |
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Simpson quoting tree hunter and canyon rapping rockhound who longs for the return of his trapped Toyota
Salt Lake City, UT
USA
2268 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2005 : 3:06 PM
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| Ditto on what PB said. That's a spot I've wanted to get to for a long time. Thanks for a nice late season "Cascades dry side" fix. |
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Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
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Posted - 11/01/2005 : 8:31 PM
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| Welcome aboard! Nice inaugural TR |
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
5372 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 9:29 PM
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Very cool larch shot Mr. Freak.
Welcome to CT. |
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Terminator shade wearing, summit questing, double Grinding, Gordo voting self annointed 'dumb ass' and Aconcagua Bagga who dreams of Robson, Teton, The Judge, and.....and....
Port Moody, B.C
Canada
2210 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 10:46 PM
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| Nice nice looking peaks around there. |
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 11/02/2005 : 11:26 PM
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Nice! Look forward to more trips and pictures. Stunning landscape!
Inspires me to take that 5 hour drive to a destination I've looonged for, too! thanks!
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May your trails be crooked, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing views ! Edward Abbey |
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Ingalls Lake, Alpine Lakes - Sept 23/24 2005
