Crystal Lake - 10.5 miles 3500 elevation gain. A wonderful destination that we are gonna do again and hit up Fairchild mountain and Hagues Peak.
Lawn Lake TH
Dad, Melissa, Laura, Miranda
Emerald Lake - 3.6 miles 650 feet of elevation gain
Bear Lake TH
Dad, Melissa, Brianna, Laura, Miranda, Maria, Sarah, Alena, Shannon, Kevin, Bradley, Jen, Tyler, Trent
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| Morning |
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| Lawn Lake on our way to Crystal |
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| Had some of this, and some willows to go thru. Nothing bad or for any extended stretch. |
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| Getting closer |
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| Lawn Lake from above |
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| Crystal and saddle for Fairchild/Hague split |
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| We continue on to the lake, saving the saddle for another year |
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| Losing a little bit of elevation |
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| Cross a little stream |
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| Crystal Lake |
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| Laura, Melissa, Miranda |
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| Head back down |
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| Erosion from flood |
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| Cmon, lets go bang out emerald.... |
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| Crew on way to Emerald |
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| Longs Peak, she is a beauty!! |
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| Steps |
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| Dream Lake, one more lake to go |
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| 7 elk were hanging out by dream lake |
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| Almost there |
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| Brad and Jen at Emerald Lake |
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| Kevin and Shannon - same |
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| Randoms |
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| Tourists |
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| Love this spot |
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| Gotta show how tough you are. Dad still has not gone in, even after having been to this lake many times. |
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| Cabin 7a |
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| Mom and Dad, Gramma and Grampa, Aiti and Gramps, aka Katie and Richard |
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| Gotta have a few treats |
