Not long after getting home from the Macbeth Trail, and while still restoring my carbohydrate and water balance, I got a call about a hike the next day. The plan was to head to Upper Fletcher Lake (which I've been to before) but to then traverse the Fletcher Basin, climb up to the next ridge and possibly attempt Mt Trafalgar. With blue skies and the promise of fall larches, it was the matter of a few minutes to re-load the pack, make a new lunch and get ready for another day in the hills.The first challenge was the Fletcher Creek FSR which was getting some attention from the grader. This was probably a good example of something that gets worse before it gets better. Good thing we had high clearance vehicles.
The hike in to Upper Fletcher is quick - only slightly more than an hour, with fall larch color appearing in the woods as we approached the ridge overlooking the Lake. We descended into the valley, crossed through the woods and climbed up to the next ridge, made our way along that ridge and finally emerged to see Mt Trafalgar still quite a ways off. Too far for this day's trip.
We enjoyed the views, the blue skies and tried to identify peaks in the distance before heading back to the trailhead. Just another day in Paradise.
2 comments:
Nice. Nothing like impending winter to motivate a few fall adventures.
Yeah - I've been almost too busy to write up my travels :-)
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