After a short holiday break, 'Tales' returns. Happy New Year!
We're approaching the end of our trip. Those of us who ‘took it easy’ on the last hike are feeling up to a fresh challenge, and we’ve got sunshine and blue skies to for our ten-mile hike to Iceberg Lake. We’ll gain about 1,250 feet in elevation as we go.
We start the day with ‘foot work’, which I once thought meant light dancing to warm up for the day’s activities. I now know it means bandaging, blister care, and other foot treatment. I've gained some surprising suggestions on managing blisters; I'll share them in my next post
And we’re off to Iceberg lake.
The early part of the trail, I am told, is the steepest. Ptarmigan Trail gains almost 200 feet in just a quarter of a mile. One or two places along the trail we have to step up on rocks... those of you how know me are aware that I am not very tall (ok, I’m very short). I don’t ‘step up’. I sit down on the rock, swing my legs up, and then stand and move on. But I am moving on.
Ptarmigan falls
It gets easier after that first stretch.
We arrive....icebergs in glacial blue waters, bright sun , solid rock wall creating the pool…ice reflecting on the surface of the lake…it’s exquisite. Words cannot do justice to the beauty.
Iceberg Lake
The writer walking down to Iceberg Lake
The writer takes a break
Picnic by the Lake
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