Route suggestions request: Wolverton -> Moose -> ??
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:08 pm
Hi all,
I'm planning a 4 day trip leaving out of Wolverton.
Look for suggestions on side trips / alterations in route. Love XC.
The route currently looks like this:
Day 1: -> Moose Lake
Day 2: -> Big Bird lake, via Tablelands ("fun day" ... short and playful with lots of daypack excursion)
Day 3: -> Tamarack Lake or Hamilton Lake via Deadman's Canyon and Elizabeth Pass
Day 4: -> Out via HST
Priorities are water (falls, slides/pools in rivers/streams, etc), views and avoiding large amounts of talus negotiation.
One idea for an alteration, which I think may be just out of our reach is to go straight from Moose to Tamarack (what is most efficient route?) and then explore the Nine Lakes Basin (via Lion) the next day (a Sunday), connecting up with the HST next day. Slight worry about crowds and missing Tablelands (which looks just delightful, hopefully minus bugs). Opinions on this?
We will also have 2 cars and one idea was to hike out at Buckeye, just to change things up a bit. Lots of elevation drop though which might not be so nice for the knees.
One last thing: any recent reports of mossies at this elevation / area?
Cheers,
Watson
I'm planning a 4 day trip leaving out of Wolverton.
Look for suggestions on side trips / alterations in route. Love XC.
The route currently looks like this:
Day 1: -> Moose Lake
Day 2: -> Big Bird lake, via Tablelands ("fun day" ... short and playful with lots of daypack excursion)
Day 3: -> Tamarack Lake or Hamilton Lake via Deadman's Canyon and Elizabeth Pass
Day 4: -> Out via HST
Priorities are water (falls, slides/pools in rivers/streams, etc), views and avoiding large amounts of talus negotiation.
One idea for an alteration, which I think may be just out of our reach is to go straight from Moose to Tamarack (what is most efficient route?) and then explore the Nine Lakes Basin (via Lion) the next day (a Sunday), connecting up with the HST next day. Slight worry about crowds and missing Tablelands (which looks just delightful, hopefully minus bugs). Opinions on this?
We will also have 2 cars and one idea was to hike out at Buckeye, just to change things up a bit. Lots of elevation drop though which might not be so nice for the knees.
One last thing: any recent reports of mossies at this elevation / area?
Cheers,
Watson