Last additions - So-called "Epic White Cloud Backpacking Loop", August 24, 2020
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DSCF0314.JPG28 viewsThe vertical development over D. O. Lee Peak is a good indicator thundershowers are not far off. Within 20 minutes, it starts pouring, accompanied by wind, thunder and lightning. I retreat to my tent, taking apart my fishing pole. I rains hard for 45 minutes and abruptly ceases. Now all I have to do is get the fire going so I can cook the big trout—a task which proves to be much more difficult than I thought, even using my cartridge stove like a flame-thrower! At least there is still enough light…Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0311.JPG27 viewsThe view to the ENE. As recent regulations require fires to be built at least 200 yards from the lake, I prepared a spot to cook my trout up and away from my camp, and the lake. Earlier, I cooked the smaller trout. I’m now thinking about cooking the larger one, as the cloud development could easily result in thundershowers this evening. It is now 5:35 pm.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0310.JPG30 viewsD. O. Lee Peak, 1:35 pm-- photographed same time as previous shot.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0309.JPG30 viewsClouds continue to build over WCP9; inlet, Cove Lake.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0307.JPG30 viewsThis is largest trout I have taken in an alpine lake; 15”. I caught the smaller one earlier, and kept it because I really wanted to be certain I had some high quality protein to supplement the backpack meals I carried in (and out, as luck would have it).Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0304.JPG34 viewsA rare shot of the author holding the one that didn’t get away. A rainbow about the same size broke the line where the tippet met the leader in a few inches of water, and headed for deep water, taking my grasshopper dry fly with him! After tying on a new leader, adding tippet, and tying another grasshopper to the end of the tippet—a project which takes me much longer than it should—I hooked into this rainbow on the first or second cast. Needless to say, I was extremely careful about landing the fish.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0303.JPG34 viewsWest form the inlet of Cove Lake to the saddle between D. O. Lee Peak (left) and WCP9. I never tire of watching the shadows of clouds traverse these peaks. It’s only 11:15 am, and already clouds are building. The weather report, already three days old, indicated a 50% chance of thunderstorms yesterday (which did not disappoint), with a 20% chance today. The smoke and haze has vacated for the time being; Hooray!Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0298.JPG25 viewsMorning light, reflections; looking east across Cove Lake from the inlet.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0297.JPG27 viewsI always wonder how big the fish is that makes a ring like this…Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0296.JPG25 viewsMorning light, reflections; inlet, Cove Lake.Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0295.JPG31 viewsThe perennial snowfield at the most westerly part of Cove Lake. Note the fish ring on the right!Sep 21, 2020
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DSCF0293.JPG28 viewsMy tent in morning light; Zpacks Duplex 2. At 2 ¾ lbs, with the stronger spruce fabric option, a ground cloth, stakes, and using trekking poles for support, this is the lightest shelter I have used, easily withstanding the driving hail of last night’s thunderstorm. Yes, I had trouble trying hurriedly to drive all 8 stakes to the hilt in the cramped space with a thunderstorm bearing down. Fortunately, there were enough rocks to back up the less secure placements. The tent made me a fan of trekking poles!Sep 21, 2020
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