But the fun started before we even got to the trailhead. First, we found a red fox on Hwy 742 just south of the Goat Creek parking lot. He was in a hurry, so we got no photos. Then we saw a big grizzly bear chowing down on the side of the highway 3 km from our trailhead.
Berries for a 500 lb bear |
In the ditch not 30 m away from mom |
Mom |
Chick 1 |
She didn't even move |
Looking across Spray Lake |
Not good |
Planks on the left, landslide on the right |
The summer trail's in OK shape, with a few dicy bits, and skirting the first waterfall hasn't changed.
High trail fine, low trail partially washed out but passable |
Mountains tower over falling water |
The whole thing |
The upper part |
The lake was pretty as usual...
Across the lake from our lunch spot |
Watching me |
Watching out |
Just watching |
Mr. Chubbybutt |
In his hole |
Mmmn, mmmn, grass |
Deep grass |
Peek a boo! |
Still in his hole |
Still liking the roots |
After lunch, we gained the upper meadow...
Looking back to Mt. Birdwood |
All dried up |
There's water in this one |
Lost Lake, Mt. Baldy on the right, Old Baldy in the distance |
Looking up the face of The Tower |
The Fortress visible just past the flanks of Mt. Galatea |
On his way |
Heading on by |
Around here, he yelled at me |
Allen... Allen... Allen |
Over the edge |
At the edge |
Don't step in that |
My, what huge teeth he has... |
Smuts Creek in a place where it didn't make a mess |
A roadside lurker |
3 comments:
How far away were you from the grizzly bears?
The mom was up on a hillside ~15m from the roadside. We were in the car on the opposite side of the road, so probably 25 m away. We slowed. She watched us for a moment, then went on eating.
Junior was right on the side of the road, and we drove as far away from him/her as we could to slowly get by, but were likely within 10 m. Junior stood up on his/her hind legs as we slowed to go past mom, but by the time we were to Junior, his head was back down in his berry bushes, and he didn't care about us in the least.
Wow!
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