photos/23/0730_RMNP_CubFernOdessa/:
By
Alan Silverstein,
ajs@frii.com
(page updated Wed Aug 9 12:10:27 MDT 2023)
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Don nudged me into another "little" Sunday hike... Rocky Mtn NP again,
this time 14.5 mi(!) in nearly 9 hr, 2450' gain, from the Cub Lake TH
the long way past Cub Lake to the Pool (390' drop enroute), up past Fern
Falls to Fern Lake, and beyond to Odessa Lake!
We knew the weather forecast was iffy, so we started fairly early and went
for a valley/lake instead of peak hike. I failed to get a Saturday entry
permit at 5 pm Friday -- the website's not bad, but they do not
remind you to log in first, and 130 permits for the 6-8 am slot went in 60
sec -- so I tried again on Saturday for Sunday. Then we got lucky and had
just a trace of rain, and actually warm/hot, low 80s before it clouded up!
I was slow on the uphills, finally figured out maybe I should drink
a lot more water sooner, and that helped a lot. We both did great hiking
out, including the last mile of road from the Fern to Cub trailheads
-- other than I sprained my ankle the worst in years, near the end --
just a camouflauged rock sticking out of a flat section.
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