Hidden Lake Take Two
Last week I attempted Hidden Lake but didn't make it to the lake.
Sean and I went together and this time, Hidden Lake was found.
We started on our bikes and biked to the Hidden Lake trail head.
Once there, it was 2.75 miles to Hidden Lake.
While exploring around hidden lake, I fell and cracked my screen protector on my phone.
Whoops.
I also made friends with a marmot.
I found my spirit flower.
Once we started back, I told Sean that I really thought we had time to go to the pass and could we do it?
So we skirted below a ridge line and walked to the pass.
Once I saw ship lake, I knew it was totally worth it.
Overall, we did 8.3 miles on foot and 5 miles on the bike.
Our day in pictures.
Nice and early at the Glen Alps trail head.
Bull moose just off the trail.
He didn't seem to care that we were there.
Powerline Pass (I'm definitely wanting to do this pass at some point).
I spy with my little eye the ramp.
There were so many bikes at this trail head.
Looks a lot different with the sun shining down.
Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Raf. This unisexual succulent plant with multiple stems arising from a rhizome
is known as the "ledge stonecrop", "Pacific roseroot" or "king's crown".
Mountain Hemlock.
Tsuga mertensiana, known as mountain hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Tulare County, California. Wikipedia
The ramp almost in the middle of the picture.
Someone was camping right there.
Posing?
I haven't figured out what this flower is yet.
Snow crossing.
Taking a look back towards Anchorage.
My spirit flower (laying down on the job).
Clouds.
I call it the banana flower....
Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata)
Are we there yet?
Mountain Aven.
More snow.
All the snow.
Hidden Lake.
No cairn.
Turning around looking back the other direction.
Can you hear me now?
2.75 miles.
Getting closer to the lake and the sun smacked me in the face.
I couldn't decide how to photograph this.
I walked past this mountain aven and I've seen these flowers a million times, but this had two little flowers on it and it caught my attention.
I turned back to take it's picture and I slipped on the wet moss.
When I fell, my phone was in my left hand and immediately knew my screen protector would be cracked.
Flipped my phone right side up and sure enough, cracked.
Grrrrr!!!!
Stupid flowers.
I kept trying to get the whole lake in the picture, so I kept climbing up.
It didn't matter where I went, I just couldn't seem to get the whole thing in the picture.
Cheese.
Contemplated walking across that snow, but decided it probably wasn't safe to do so.
This was about as close as I could get to the whole lake in one shot.
The reflection was just amazing.
Can we walk across that?
Sean: I don't think it's a good idea.
One more shot.
Making our way back towards the trail head.
Common powderhorn.
Clouds are rolling in.
My new best friend the marmot. SHhhhh don't tell Dingo.
I was surprised how close this guy let me get.
Considering out route, back to the bikes or off to ship lake pass?
The pass it is.
Seeing the ramp in the distance.
At Ship Lake Pass. Ship Valley directly in front of us, Indian Valley in the distance.
Ship Lake.
The wedge behind Sean.
Can you hear me NOW?
Sean could tune me out easily.
Cheese again.
One last look at ship lake.
Some day I will hike down to it.
This thing.
We made our way back to the bikes.
Rode our bikes to the car and headed home.
I needed a shower so that I could go and get my:
Infusion.
I see infectious disease tomorrow.
I am hoping to hear what the plan is.
The Jordan's.
Sean and I went together and this time, Hidden Lake was found.
We started on our bikes and biked to the Hidden Lake trail head.
Once there, it was 2.75 miles to Hidden Lake.
While exploring around hidden lake, I fell and cracked my screen protector on my phone.
Whoops.
I also made friends with a marmot.
I found my spirit flower.
Once we started back, I told Sean that I really thought we had time to go to the pass and could we do it?
So we skirted below a ridge line and walked to the pass.
Once I saw ship lake, I knew it was totally worth it.
Overall, we did 8.3 miles on foot and 5 miles on the bike.
Our day in pictures.
Nice and early at the Glen Alps trail head.
Bull moose just off the trail.
He didn't seem to care that we were there.
Powerline Pass (I'm definitely wanting to do this pass at some point).
I spy with my little eye the ramp.
There were so many bikes at this trail head.
Looks a lot different with the sun shining down.
Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Raf. This unisexual succulent plant with multiple stems arising from a rhizome
is known as the "ledge stonecrop", "Pacific roseroot" or "king's crown".
Mountain Hemlock.
Tsuga mertensiana, known as mountain hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Tulare County, California. Wikipedia
The ramp almost in the middle of the picture.
Someone was camping right there.
Posing?
I haven't figured out what this flower is yet.
Snow crossing.
Taking a look back towards Anchorage.
My spirit flower (laying down on the job).
Clouds.
I call it the banana flower....
Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata)
Are we there yet?
Mountain Aven.
More snow.
All the snow.
Hidden Lake.
No cairn.
Turning around looking back the other direction.
Can you hear me now?
2.75 miles.
Getting closer to the lake and the sun smacked me in the face.
I couldn't decide how to photograph this.
I walked past this mountain aven and I've seen these flowers a million times, but this had two little flowers on it and it caught my attention.
I turned back to take it's picture and I slipped on the wet moss.
When I fell, my phone was in my left hand and immediately knew my screen protector would be cracked.
Flipped my phone right side up and sure enough, cracked.
Grrrrr!!!!
Stupid flowers.
I kept trying to get the whole lake in the picture, so I kept climbing up.
It didn't matter where I went, I just couldn't seem to get the whole thing in the picture.
Cheese.
Contemplated walking across that snow, but decided it probably wasn't safe to do so.
This was about as close as I could get to the whole lake in one shot.
The reflection was just amazing.
Can we walk across that?
Sean: I don't think it's a good idea.
One more shot.
Making our way back towards the trail head.
Common powderhorn.
Clouds are rolling in.
My new best friend the marmot. SHhhhh don't tell Dingo.
I was surprised how close this guy let me get.
Considering out route, back to the bikes or off to ship lake pass?
The pass it is.
Seeing the ramp in the distance.
At Ship Lake Pass. Ship Valley directly in front of us, Indian Valley in the distance.
Ship Lake.
The wedge behind Sean.
Can you hear me NOW?
Sean could tune me out easily.
Cheese again.
One last look at ship lake.
Some day I will hike down to it.
This thing.
We made our way back to the bikes.
Rode our bikes to the car and headed home.
I needed a shower so that I could go and get my:
Infusion.
I see infectious disease tomorrow.
I am hoping to hear what the plan is.
The Jordan's.
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