Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Lost Creek

One last shake out hike over the memorial day weekend.  Back for some more exploring of Lost Creek Wilderness.  We went out Friday after work and hiked for about an hour before the dwindling light caused us to set up camp for the night.



Up fairly early on Saturday, which would be our biggest day of the trip.  Ended up getting 16.5 miles on the day.  Lost Creek has a reputation for being empty, but it was packed this weekend.  We never went more than 20 minutes without seeing another person. 





We discovered a limitation of setting up the tent without the rain tarp.  The dog was inside sleeping, but when she woke up and tried to get out the screen freaked her out and she sliced her way through.  Not sure she could see the screen.  Took a bit of duct tape to fix.



Sunday included some extra miles out and back on the Lake Pass trail so we could spend one more night outside.  13.2 miles on the day.









Monday was a breeze, just a three mile hike back up to the jeep.


Did I mention the place was packed?  The main parking lot was full, the overflow lot was full, and the cars stretched out for a while on the road.


Glad we did this as we learned quite a bit of stuff that we will use for our upcoming hike.  Dog crushed it and had a blast, though she did sleep for the next two days once we got home.

3 comments:

GZ said...

Love that area. Amazing it was that packed. I have never seen it that way.

Your dog might be a significant equipment risk on this trip.

Jeff Valliere said...

Tarpless, brave kids. Every time I have thrown caution to the wind and gone tarpless, invariably it starts to rain in the middle of the night ;). LCW is so great though, thanks for the reminder, I need to get back that way for a long run soon.

Larry DeWitt said...

Awesome Hike and awesome pics. Good luck and enjoy your hike!