This was hike number one of two for our Scout camp this year and we had boys who wanted to fish so we thought we'd take them to Twin Lakes. I had never been to these lakes so we figured the elevation gain wasn't much and that it would be a good starter hike since the next day we were going to do the "Summit" hike. It started out kind of cool and rained/hailed on us for most of the way to the lake. We headed down the Snowshoe cabin way there and took the Blakiston creek trail on the way back. Once we reached the lake the wind was making the lake too choppy to fish and the boys were kind of cold from being wet so we decided just to keep on hiking instead of stopping too long and getting colder. It was a long day, a little disappointing for the avid fishers but still a beautiful stroll with nice green lush scenery
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| Nice little meadow with Kishinena Peak in back ground and bear grass in bloom in lush meadow |
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| Finding shelter from the rain, this was at the Goat Lake turn off |
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| Snowshoe Campground, we actually had a break in the rain and the sun shone for a while |
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| Creek at Snowshoe |
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| One of the Twin Lakes |
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| The view of the choppy water that day |
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| Looking up to the continental divide ridge above Twin Lake Campground |
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| Cold, disappointed fishers |
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| The 2nd Twin Lake looking back toward the way we came |
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| Snow in July |
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| Looking down on the 2nd Twin Lake as we gained elevation to come back the Blakiston creek way |
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| Heading down now looking towards Lone Mountain on left |
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| Un-named lake (we called it Scout Lake this day) |
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| It was more of a swamp than a lake |
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| We saw many nice waterfalls on the way back along the Blakiston creek |
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| Another nice view |
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| Looking up the col to Anderson Peak |
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| Looking back at Hawkins |
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| Another creek view |
Google Track of Hike
Stats of Hike:
Total distance: 25.58 km (15.9 mi)
Total time: 8:06:01
Moving time: 8:06:01
Average speed: 3.16 km/h (2.0 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 3.16 km/h (2.0 mi/h)
Max speed: 6.14 km/h (3.8 mi/h)
Average pace: 18:60 min/km (30:35 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 18:60 min/km (30:35 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 9:46 min/km (15:43 min/mi)
Max elevation: 2062 m (6765 ft)
Min elevation: 1468 m (4815 ft)
Elevation gain: 2369 m (7773 ft)
Max grade: 44 %
Min grade: -30 %
Recorded: 7/24/2014 10:59 AM
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