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| deep greens of early Spring |
There were only two of us available from the 8:30 group. We went up to Loney Meadow, hoping for flowers. But the show is just beginniing as we were a few weeks early. Some early ones were around: Larkspur, Bleeding Heart, a few Lupine, Sierra Lewisia. We hiked around the meadow and then up to the Rock Lakes.
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| Loney Meadow in many shades of green |
After eating lunch on the ridge between them, we explored the Upper Rock dam and stream/falls down toward Lower Rock Lake. There was almost no snow at that elevation although some patches were at the higher elevations around us. Stickseed, Penstemon, and Phlox were in bloom in the high country. It looked like an interesting hike might be to cross-country up to the mountain on the other side of the streams and then down to Culbertson Lake and Lindsey Lake, taking a forest road back to the Loney Meadow cabin remains. It appears that the mountain has no name, which I doubt, but the name wasn't on the map.
We had hiked 10 miles with a good elevation gain.
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| Not much snow |
Hopefully there will be hikers around for the 8:30 group next week.
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| future exploration? |
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| colder,wetter weather was closing in |
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| Heavy pollen year |
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| Dam at Upper Rock |
After eating lunch on the ridge between them, we explored the Upper Rock dam and stream/falls down toward Lower Rock Lake. There was almost no snow at that elevation although some patches were at the higher elevations around us. Stickseed, Penstemon, and Phlox were in bloom in the high country. It looked like an interesting hike might be to cross-country up to the mountain on the other side of the streams and then down to Culbertson Lake and Lindsey Lake, taking a forest road back to the Loney Meadow cabin remains. It appears that the mountain has no name, which I doubt, but the name wasn't on the map.
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