2014-10-04_Plains_Of_Abraham_Hike

IMG 1297xPlains960 The Plains of Abraham IMG 1143xHillTrees960 Photo taken from the car of the hillside. IMG 1147xMountain960 Mt St. Helens from a road viewpoint IMG 1149xWindyRidge960 Steps to top of the hill at Windy Point
IMG 1151xTrailHead960 The first two miles of the hike is on a road. IMG 1158xSpiritLake960 Spirit Lake from the road IMG 1159xCydMtn960 First views of the mountain IMG 1162xRoad960 More road walking
IMG 1163xLeaves960 Some fall color IMG 1170xTrailhead960 Nine bikers rode onto the trailhead before us IMG 1175xTrailBikes960 The trail stretches along the ridge IMG 1176xOnTheTrail960 Finally on the trail
IMG 1178xTrail960 The bikers ahead IMG 1182xuCars Four uCars. The UofW hasthese cars available for use by there science departments. IMG 1185xStepsBegin960 The first of several wooden steps connected by cables IMG 1192xMoreSteps960 More cable steps
IMG 1200xMeStairs960 At the top of the cable steps. IMG 1206xCydSteps960 Cyd climbing the steps, Note the bike track on both sides. IMG 1210xBikeCarry960 It's a little too steep here to ride down IMG 1211xBikeCarry960
IMG 1237xCydAdams960 Mt Adams IMG 1238xTrailAdams960 More Mt Adams IMG 1241xSunBow960 A sunbow IMG 1247xFern960
IMG 1251xTarn960 First views of the Plains of Abraham IMG 1253xSoloBiker960 Solo rider was the first of a group of five riders IMG 1254xBiker960 The same solo rider IMG 1256xRockStuff960 Interesting and colorfull pattern on this rock
IMG 1258xTwoBikers960 IMG 1260xThreeBikers960 Three riders IMG 1265xTrailSign960 Looking towards Windy Pass IMG 1267xSnowSquares960 The three squares on the mountain are snow fields
IMG 1269xTrailTarn960 These large tarns marked the trail to the pass IMG 1275xStomach960 My balloon shirt is puffed up. IMG 1280xBrainRock960 Brain rock IMG 1282xBinocalers960
IMG 1288xWindyPass960 Getting closer to Windy Pass IMG 1292xStep960 That's the Plains of Abraham behind Cyd IMG 1302xHood960 Mt Hood IMG 1307xCydHappy960 Nearing the pass.
IMG 1312xHood960 Another look back at Mt Hood IMG 1314xThePlains960 The Plains of Abraham IMG 1315xWindyPass960 At Windy Pass the sign reads "Entering restricted area stay on trail" IMG 1324xBowRainier960 A rainbow between us and Mt Rainier
IMG 1329xDebreeArea960 Spirit Lake in the distance IMG 1331xUSGA960 US Geological Survey Gravity Station marker. This was near where we stopped to eat. IMG 1332xDownHill960 Along the trail down IMG 1337xTrail960 This stretch of trail was not as exposed as the traill up to the pass
IMG 1349xBurningBush960 Some fall color. "The Burning Bush" IMG 1350xHandDown960 Still going down IMG 1353xRoad960 IMG 1360xPumisPile960 These pools or collections of white pumis.
IMG 1363xPumisHill960 The pumis rocks were spread evenly over this and many other slopes IMG 1365xRainbow960 The rainbow over Rainier IMG 1369xLupine960 Unknown plants IMG 1371xPlant960
IMG 1372xPlantShoe960 IMG 1376xYellow960 The sunset grazed the tops of the grass. IMG 1378xAdams960 Mt Adams IMG 1380xTarn960 Another tarn and Spirit Lake. I'm sure we are not far from where Harry Truman's Lodge was.
IMG 1382xPlants960 IMG 1390xFallsSign960 IMG 1394xTrail960 More trail IMG 1401xAdams960 More Mt Adams
IMG 1411xCydCloseUp960 A Happy face IMG 1416xStairsMoon960 The cable steps lead to the moon. IMG 1429xHill960 Funny little hill IMG 1431TrailYellow Some of our path
IMG 1437xUncoiled960 IMG 1443xCactus960 Looks like a cactus grove IMG 1445xAdamsClouds960 Mt Adams and colorful sky. IMG 1447xAdamsClouds960