Left all the heavy climbing gear and ski gear behind and opted for a nice mellow backpacking trip this weekend. About eight miles from the Deception Pass TH up the Cle Elum valley brought us to Robin Lakes. Nice views all up and down the Cascades and some wonderful scenery of exposed granite, subalpine trees, and clear water.
I guess we've been spending more time than we realized in National Parks (camping limitations and no puppies on trail) this summer because we were a little taken aback at the number of hikers with dogs and there were certainly quite a few campers up at the lakes, but most folks were quiet and were in search of their own little chunk of solitude.
Sunday morning we hiked up near the top of Granite Mountain to get some more nice views north to Glacier Peak and east to Mt.Stuart, then we packed up camp and headed on down. Sure is nice to just carry the backpacking gear sometimes and leave the heavy stuff back at home.
I guess we've been spending more time than we realized in National Parks (camping limitations and no puppies on trail) this summer because we were a little taken aback at the number of hikers with dogs and there were certainly quite a few campers up at the lakes, but most folks were quiet and were in search of their own little chunk of solitude.
Sunday morning we hiked up near the top of Granite Mountain to get some more nice views north to Glacier Peak and east to Mt.Stuart, then we packed up camp and headed on down. Sure is nice to just carry the backpacking gear sometimes and leave the heavy stuff back at home.
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