Day 5
Today is the day that we leave for Snow Lake, but, knowing that it will only take a few hours to get back down to Snow Lakes, we decide to do some more sightseeing, and scramble up the granite towards Prussic Peak.
The sand is imprinted with the signatures of thousands of hoof prints, as it’s obvious here in this little draw, the goats come to get out of the wind.
From there, we figured we could get a good view of the valley, and spy out Temple lake, which we could see on our map located above Lake Vivian. Sure enough, at the base of Prussic Peak, we had great views of the surrounding area, and found a small tarn surrounded by jumbled boulders with a granite sand beach, called Gnome Tarn. Very beautiful here, with the peak reflecting off of the water. The sand is imprinted with the signatures of thousands of hoof prints, as it’s obvious here in this little draw, the goats come to get out of the wind.
…Seems that has been the problem the entire hike, wondering if we can find a place to pitch the tent.
Back at camp, we pack, and head for Snow Lake, and along the way, we pass the cell phone women again! Seems they too, are leaving today…We also pass several people on day hikes headed up to the Enchantments, and we begin to worry, “are we going to have trouble finding a place to stay??” Seems that has been the problem the entire hike, wondering if we can find a place to pitch the tent.
The fears are unfounded, though, as we find a great place between the upper and lower Snow lakes, right next to the HUGE boulder. If you’ve ever been in the area, you know the rock that I’m talking about…I say great for 3 reasons…
…we catch a glimpse of a large pine marten running through camp with a mouse in its mouth.
First being that if we have to endure howling wind, again, then we have a great place to get out of its path…Secondly, we have our own granite table, circa Bedrock chic, to play dice on, and lastly, we have our own rodent exterminator, as we catch a glimpse of a large pine marten running through camp with a mouse in its mouth. Great! Shouldn’t have to worry about the mice tonight! We have to play several games of dice on the granite table, may never get another sweet set-up like this again…