Tag: trip
Blanca Lake is one of the cooler, “in this for the end” hikes. It takes a while to climb up and down to the lake from the parking lot, but the lake… This is a hike that I intend to do again and possibly spend more time around the end of the hike, at the lake. Rough estimates for this hike: about 7h both ways, with 1h to spend at the actual lake. The hike is made of 3 portions: a long portion of abrupt switchbacks through the forest followed by a plateau with small ups and downs and an abrupt descent to the lake. All in all, a nice hike. More pictures, less words.
Here we are about 1h into the hike. Spirits still up.
After about 2 more hours of “are we there yet?”, short breaks for water and physical wear-out, we got to see this:
I had seen pictures of the lake … but this looks amazing!
Small glimpses of it.
Until we got to the edge of the lake. The water looks amazing, even though I would not drink it 🙂
The “source” of the lake is this glacier melting during the summer.
And finally, proof that I was there 🙂
On the way back, we stopped for a bit (even though the hike was a lot easier on the way down – go figure) to admire the northern view towards Mount Baker.
Over and out,
/cd