{"id":1601,"date":"2014-09-21T01:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T09:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdavid.info\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2014-09-21T01:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T09:56:25","slug":"blanca-lake-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedavids.dev\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"Blanca Lake (July 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Here we are about 1h into the hike. Spirits still up.<\/p>\n

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After about 2 more hours of “are we there yet?”, short breaks for water and physical wear-out, we got to see this:<\/p>\n

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I had seen pictures of the lake … but this looks amazing!<\/p>\n

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Small glimpses of it.<\/p>\n

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Until we got to the edge of the lake. The water looks amazing, even though I would not drink it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The “source” of the lake is this glacier melting during the summer.<\/p>\n

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And finally, proof that I was there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Over and out,<\/p>\n

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