What was advertised as a 6 mile hike for our Senior Trailblazer group turned out to be a 10.45 mile hike. We had a long drive before we could begin our hike. We drove about 2 hours to get to the Pioneer camp trailhead to begin our Elbow lake hike from the South trail access 14 of us started on an overcast day.
We hiked through a very lush forest and the Maidenhair ferns were everywhere.
We had a couple of short creek crossings. The rocks were very slippery.
We stopped for lunch just beyond this trail marker.
After lunch we hiked on to the first lake.
After lunch we hiked on to the first lake.
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| Lake Doreen |
and then on to Elbow lake. My husband supplied the visual "Elbow"
Do you see a Sasquatch in the bush below?!
No, just my husband being silly with some moss that was laying on the trail.
Marjan with the clingy greenery sticking to her socks, posing with the "Sasquatch"!
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| Here he is - my husband the "Sasquatch" |
Looking back towards the lower area of the Twin Sisters range.
The rest of the hike was on a logging road and turned out to be MUCH
longer than we thought it would be....
and MUCH wetter!
It poured on us for a good couple of miles at the end our hike, boy was it nice to see our car again.
Endomondo stats:
10.45 total miles hiked
2123 Min. altitude
3598 Max. altitude
8604 Total ascent
8820 Total descent
