Quail
Meadow7870
ft-
Marie Lake10555
ft...12.8
miles
day
9 : 8 July 2003
broadwalk
...the
best way to walk across the soggy marsh just after Quail Meadow
switchbacks
from
soggy marshland to the dry steep northern slope of Bear Ridge... the switchbacks
up the ridge seem interminable
cold
beer ahead?
yes,
cold beer is definitely available at Vermilion Valley Resort for northbound
hikers, but southbound hikers have to wait till they reach Whitney Porter
bear
creek
after
crossing over the very dry Bear Ridge, the JMT is now in the beautiful and
wet canyon of Bear Creek with the trail paralleling the creek on its east
bank, with wildflowers plentiful everywhere
rosemarie
meadow
a
most charming place with great views of the nearby peaks, such as the Seven
Gables; but also here at Rosemarie Meadow is here our mosquito woos start
outlet
of marie
the
outlet of Marie Lake that flows down to Marshall Lake and thence on to form
Bear Creek
mosquito
lake
surrounded
by towering barren rocky peaks and a great view towards Selden Pass, the
banks of Marie Lake would be an ideal campground for the night if not for
the billions of mosquitoes that swamp here
taliban
using
a towel as protection against the marauding mosquitoes that gets into everything...
nostrils, mouth, spaghetti
golden
peaks
the
setting sun casts a beautiful golden glow on the otherwise dull barren peaks