Hiking Chasm Lake, RMNP 15 July 2012

Click on a photo thumbnail for medium-resolution, click again on photo for full-size.

 
  DSCN0333 DSCN0334 DSCN0335 DSCN0339 DSCN0340  
 
  Cannot believe we got this prime parking space right in front of the ranger station at 8:50am. Pure luck, most folks were parked a ways down the road. Great signs here. Tons of great warnings here, but still every year somebody dies trying to climb Longs. Sigh. Kodak moment.

 
  DSCN0341 DSCN0342 DSCN0344 DSCN0345 DSCN0346  
 
  Nearing tree line looking east at Twin Sisters (another great free hike). Same location looking west at Meeker on the left and Longs in the middle. More than halfway to Chasm! The famous notch to the left of Longs Peak... gorgeous. This is the view from the privy of all places, at the T where the trail splits for Longs vs Chasm.

 
  DSCN0347 DSCN0348 DSCN0350 DSCN0352 DSCN0353  
 
  Snowfield on the right is just above Chasm Lake, around the corner. Water in the middle is Peacock Pool. Peacock Pool. First glimpse of the waterfalls below Chasm, with top-right snowfield, middle is the upper waterfall, and part of the lower waterfall visible. At the T.

 
  DSCN0354 DSCN0355 DSCN0356 DSCN0357 DSCN0358  
 
  The bottom waterfall below Chasm is pretty spectacular.

 
  DSCN0359 DSCN0360 DSCN0361 DSCN0362 DSCN0363  
 
  Columbines everywhere here.

 
  DSCN0364 DSCN0365 DSCN0366 DSCN0367 DSCN0368  
 
  Stopped for lunch just below the upper waterfall. The flat area above the waterfall is Chasm. Nearly there! Yummy caffeine! Bob and Sue just below Chasm Lake. Chasm Lake with snowfields in the background.

 
  DSCN0370 DSCN0371 DSCN0372 DSCN0373 DSCN0376  
 
 

 
  DSCN0377 DSCN0378 DSCN0379 DSCN0381 DSCN0382  
 
  Very clear water in the lake. The view of Longs and its vertical cliffs... awesome. Free trail map at the ranger station. They have great t-shirts too! Started sprinkling the last 1/4 mile (~2:30pm), by the time we got to the car it was a downpour.

 
  DSCN0385 DSCN0386  
 
  Ahhh swapping wet socks & shoes for Tevas after a long hike... priceless.

To Back to Sue's directory

To Back to Bob's photo directory

created with igal