2014-09-03_Green Lake

GreenLake Panorama1 IMG 0001xTrailSign960 Trail sign at the parking lot IMG 0009xTrailRoad960 The road in. The road in remains wide open like this, except at the wash out areas. IMG 0010xRainLeaves960 Rain drops
IMG 0012xMossTrees960 IMG 0014xMiningSign960 A short but steep trail into an abandoned mine. The mine shaft is blocked with a steel grate. IMG 0016RoadTrail960 Typical road surface IMG 0022xRoadRepair960 First location of a washout
IMG 0026xRepailing960 Trail construction is still in progress. IMG 0029xTrailRough960 THis is as rough as the new trail gets between Chenius Falls and the parking lot. IMG 0032xSpringBoardNotch960 copy Old "Springboard notch" in the stump IMG 0040xFlowerDrips960 Rain drops on this stump
IMG 0049xRiverView960 The first fiew of the Carbon River at 2.75 miles. IMG 0056xTrail960 Road/trail just past the Green Lake trailhead. IMG 0059xShurooms960 Little mushrooms IMG 0061xBeetle960 I saw so many of these black beetles I had to get a picture.
IMG 0064xChenuisTrailhead960 Trail/road leading up to the Chenius Trail head IMG 0068xChenuisSign960 Chenius Falls start IMG 0071xChenuisTrail The trail across the river delta is lined with large rocks. IMG 0075xChenuisBridge960
IMG 0077xBridge960 The bridge over the main channel. IMG 0078xJustBridge960 THis is one of about five bridges. IMG 0081xLastBridge960 Last bridge before re-entering the forrest. IMG 0082xTrail960 Beautiful moss covered trail
IMG 0083xTrail2 960 IMG 0110xFallsPond960 Chenuis Falls and pool IMG 0087xFalls960 Chenius Falls IMG 0100xFallsMe960
IMG 0102xLowerFalls960 Lower portion of falls. IMG 0105xFallsTop960 Upper reaches of the falls IMG 0118xBridge960 Returned to the main channel bridge. IMG 0119xMyTracks960 My boot prints
IMG 0124xMushrooms960 Mushrooms IMG 0262xTrailHead960 Green Lake trailhead. You can tie up your horse or park your bike. IMG 0055xGreenLakeTrailhead960 Green Lake trail signs IMG 0130xTrailStart960 First portion of trail. From here it's all uphill
IMG 0135xTrailRoots960 Typical early rooted trail IMG 0138xMarilynMonroeRoots960 This blown over tree root system reminds me of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum finding gold in the movie "River of No Return" IMG 0139xSteps960 Large wood steps IMG 0141xUnderLog960 The trail passed under several large logs in the first quarter mile.
IMG 0146xSlug960 Look at the spikes along the stem. How did this slug climb onto this "Devils Club" leaf? IMG 0147xFern960 This fern's leaves are losing color as the season changes IMG 0152xDevilsClub960 Devil's Club spines. IMG 0157xMushroom960 Large mushroom
IMG 0166xTrail960 Less-rutted trail IMG 0168xRangerTrailSign960 Sign to Ranger Falls. We'll stop there on the return IMG 0175xLogCrud960 IMG 0177xTrail960
IMG 0183xBoardWalk960 Nearing the high point along the trail IMG 0184xBridge960 Large log bridge across Ranger Creek IMG 0187xLake960 First view of Green Lake IMG 0190xGreenLake960 Green Lake
IMG 0191xGreenLake960 Green Lake. The peak in the distance is Tolmie. The lookout canout be seen from this spot. I didn't think about hiking around the lake to the left. I may have been able to see the lookout. IMG 0196xLake960 IMG 0207xTrailBack960 Head back along the trail IMG 0210xRockIsland960 An island rock in Ranger Creek taken from the log bridge.
IMG 0241xFalls960 Trail leading out to the falls IMG 0223xRangerFalls960 Ranger Falls and the guard rail IMG 0237xRangerFalls960 IMG 0229xFallsRanger960 Close up of the falls
IMG 0246xMushroom960 Interesting mushroom IMG 0250xTrailDown960 The trail back IMG 0252xUnderLog960 Going under a large log IMG 0260xCarpet960 Moss and fern carpet
IMG 0261xTrailBack960 More of the trail back. Love the large trees IMG 0263xRoadBack960 The long 3 mile road home. IMG 0272xHikers960 I passes a solo hiker and this twosome on my return trip along the road. IMG 0273xBrightMoss960 Shiny moss
IMG 0278xBigTree960 A large tree and plump hiker IMG 0279xBiker960 This is the only biker I saw on trail. I was happy to see the road was not overgrown and had plenty of room for both bikers and hikers. IMG 0280xTrailReRoute960 Portion of new trail going around a washout IMG 0282xTrailRepair960 Rework is going on along the trail
IMG 0284xWoodpeckerHoles960 Woodpeckers handy work IMG 0290xBrush960 Brush, moss, trees and ferns along the trail. IMG 0294xBack960 Back at the trailhead.