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 Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 12:29 AM
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The back-country ban sent us south of the line this weekend and we had a great two nights at Lake Anne in the Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National forest. 4.1 mile/6.5 km hike starting and ending around 4700 feet with a loss and recapture of close to 1000 feet (a nice hike with a descent into a hanging valley, contouring through sub-alpine forest and then ascending through talus, heather and blue berry bushes).
Day 2 involved me and the kids scrambling to the summit of a 5700 foot hump of rock to the southwest of the lake.
Warm weather, no bugs and lots of hikers at the Lake but almost nobody beyond the Lake.
Mt. Shuksan sunset: this is your view from the open-air, box toilet at the camping area by the Lake!
This is a shot of the hump we climbed on Saturday as seen from the Lake.
Mark on the hump.
Paige on the hump.
Back at camp.
"Aging ... it beats the alternative" |
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 challenge seeker, bagless sleeper, bare bones, trail trooper
Abbotsford, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 07:10 AM
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Nice pics, Chuck. A very fine way to celebrate the last few days of summer holidays with the kids.
"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:42 AM
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Hey Chuck, I was there yesterday! I think I remember passing your tent while walking around the lake.
After the lake, I didn't go up the same side you did. I went all the way up to the lower Curtis glacier on Shuksan...
"The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist." |
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Richmond, BC
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:52 AM
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I love that you take your kids with you on journeys like this.
Great pics, Chuck. 
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 08:55 AM
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Here are some of the pics I took there yesterday. It took me 2 hours to reach the lake, then another hour to reach the lower glacier.
 
 
My final destination was the lower glacier on the left:
 
This hike is absolutely amazing, and one the best I've done for sure! You can go all the way up to Shuksan. Go there, it's worth it. Only a 2 hour drive from downtown Vancouver! 
"The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist." |
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Burnaby
Canada
340 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 09:25 AM
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how were the bugs/mosquitos at Lake Ann?
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587 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2003 : 09:48 AM
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how were the bugs/mosquitos at Lake Ann?
No bugs at all when I was there.
"The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist." |
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 6:56 PM
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I'm impressed!!
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 7:02 PM
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Wow! Memories! I was there 2 weeks ago and it's still beautiful. Good for you going to Baker. There are so many premier hikes there. Thanks for sharing your pictures and glad everyone had a good time.
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Super botonist, hippie chick who cuddles thistles with glee
Langley, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 7:03 PM
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ChuckU, you are one cool dad. I'm curious as to what kind of gear your kids have (specifics please). My dd said she'll come with my next year (she'll be 10-1/2 then).
Great pics both of you!
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Slo mo sno shuin' Great Wall trekkin' triathalon doin' pale ale drinkin' all Patrick, all the time, smoothie
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 8:53 PM
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gotta see if I can squeeze this one in. Looks GRRRREAT!!!!!!! ChuckU you did and overnight and TheChance you did a day hike??? Which would you recommend? A day hike may be all I have time for. Can I still get to the good parts?
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 9:11 PM
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ChuckU you did and overnight and TheChance you did a day hike??? Which would you recommend? A day hike may be all I have time for. Can I still get to the good parts?
I did it as a day hike. It's a two hour-drive from downtown Vancouver. I was on the trail for 6 hours. 2 hours to reach the lake, 1 more hour to read the lower Curtis Glacier. Then I had lunch. About 2 hours and a half to get back. Once you're at the lake, you can definitely head somewhere else, but I was attracted by the glacier, so I went there.
In my book, they say 6-8 hours dayhike, or backpack. Sleeping near the lake looks cool too if you have time and want to explore more.
"The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist."
Edited by - TheChance on 09/02/2003 9:12:36 PM |
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
3064 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 01:10 AM
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ChuckU, you are one cool dad. I'm curious as to what kind of gear your kids have (specifics please). My dd said she'll come with my next year (she'll be 10-1/2 then).
Great pics both of you!
Mark is 9 and Paige is 12. They have been hiking regularly for 3 years now. They both have (and carry themselves):
regular size Kelty Lightyear 25 sleeping bags (weight 2 pounds);
Thermarest 3/4 ultralight pads; water bladders; small nalgene bottles (350 or 500 ml); MEC raincoats and rainpants; mid-weight and light-weight fleece tops; Hi-tec Altitude boots from MEC; MEC paddling booties for camp shoes; poles (started with their ski poles but now have Komperdell Trail Lite poles); Petzl headlights; "emergency kits" with a space blanket, whistle, power bar. For packs Paige is using an MEC Spirit 40 and Mark is using a Vaude Montana 45 (which has adjustable suspension so that I can use it as a day pack).
Other essentials for the kids: a deck of cards, a book each, a note book and a pen or pencil, and a knife.
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Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/03/2003 : 11:49 AM
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I had a feeling when we were going up and I saw you 3 coming down that you were a CT person. 4 of us went up for Sunday and Monday. Two of us did the same hump (we kept calling it a hunk of rock) and also, when we got there Sunday, after we set up camp at the lake, we went over to the glacier before dinner. I'll try to post some pics when I get them back from the developer. I have a bunch of closeups of the glacier. Our neighbors were also from the "coov" so BC was well represented at Lake Ann this past long weekend.
HikeOn,
Rich
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Fast Movin, litigatin, adventure seekin, clothin deprived trail buster
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
589 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 5:47 PM
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Nice pictures and trip report - thanks. This goes on my list.
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
3064 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 01:18 AM
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I had a feeling when we were going up and I saw you 3 coming down that you were a CT person. 4 of us went up for Sunday and Monday. Two of us did the same hump (we kept calling it a hunk of rock) and also, when we got there Sunday, after we set up camp at the lake, we went over to the glacier before dinner. I'll try to post some pics when I get them back from the developer. I have a bunch of closeups of the glacier. Our neighbors were also from the "coov" so BC was well represented at Lake Ann this past long weekend.
HikeOn,
Rich
You probably heard us before you saw us: I think everyone we passed commented on the bear bell symphony!
But I'm curious: what was the CT giveaway?
"Aging ... it beats the alternative" |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/04/2003 : 09:24 AM
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Great pictures... Thanks!
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Trail burning speed demon who sports insanely heavy packs
Chilliwack, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 09/05/2003 : 4:52 PM
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Thats just fabulous, looks great!
You Must go over the Mountain to see whats on the other side! |
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Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
2847 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 10:26 AM
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Here's a few of the pictures I took there, too.  after setting up camp, we ate a bite of lunch and hiked over to the Curtis glacier.
Here's some shots of the glacier and surrounds  and a couple of close-ups of the glacier. It was the first time Bian's partner Suzanne or I had ever stood on a glacier. As a matter of fact, it was the first time Suzanne had ever SEEN a glacier 
 the blue from the sun shining through the glacier was incredible and hard to see in this pic. Imagine.
Brian and Daryl were too lazy to walk down to the glacier After coming back from glacier we ate dinner and I got this photo of Shuksan at sunset. The following morning B&S slept in while Daryl and I headed up the ridge west of the lake to climb the same hunk of rock as ChuckU and kids. We did the whole ridge from the where the trail comes into Lake Ann over the saddle to the summit scramble and then wandered the heather meadows back to the Lake. took about 2 hours. Here's some pics from that excursion.    this was a neat arch/cairn someone had built on the ridge. 
Sorry about the photos that need to be rotated. Just tilt your head
HikeOn,
Rich
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Posted - 10/01/2003 : 11:06 AM
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Can you give me directions for getting to Lake Anne. I hope to go there with my kids this weekend. i'm coming from Abbotsford.
Nice Pics and info by the way. thanks
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bushy faced bright pink and orange sporting snow shoveling slacker
Seattle, WA
USA
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Posted - 10/01/2003 : 11:12 AM
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Chuck, Chance and Scrambler. I think the three of you ended up in the wrong spot. That most definitely can't be Lake Anne! LOL
Here's what it looked like when Hiker Boy and I hiked it in July of 2000.
http://www31.brinkster.com/marmot02/lkann.html
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A trip is about the journey as much, if not more than about the destination. What is the joy in reaching your destination if you've ignored everything along the way?
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South of the Line - Lake Anne photos
