Turbid Lake!

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Posted by MO Pat E (76.233.67.49) on 01:26:36 08/04/12

In Reply to: Turbid Lake from Lake Butte/9-mile posted by RandalH

Been there twice and wore myself out both times. The first time we started from Nine-Mile parking lot and, yes, there was a great deal of deadfall. Coming back we weren't with our leader and got on a wildlife trail and had to backtrack to find correct trail. I swear I walked 10 miles that day. Last year a bunch of us had two vehicles and parked one at Pelican Valley trailhead and the other where we started off from, on East Entrance Road 1 1/4 mile east of 9-Mile parking lot. Saved about a mile and a lot of elevation gain. There wasn't a trail there, but we shortly came to it and followed it to the lake. It had followed an old road for a little while. There were a lot of geese, duck, wolf, and bear footprints in the dried mud by lake. From there we headed north, crossed a small inlet stream, followed that stream, went through some woods, crossed a long meadow, and got to the Pelican Valley trail, only 1/2 mile from the broken bridge, and followed that trail to the parking lot. No deadfall on that way out, and except for the meadow we followed a good trail. I figured it was 4 miles in and 4 miles out. This first picture is where we started our hike.

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Some deadfall - MO Pat E 01:28:51 08/04/12 (9)
- Wolf print - MO Pat E 01:31:02 08/04/12 (8)
  - Coming to the Lake - Mo Pat E 01:32:59 08/04/12 (7)
    - Bubbles - MO Pat E 01:37:03 08/04/12 (6)
      - Avalanche Peak - Mo Pat E 01:39:31 08/04/12 (5)
        
        Leaving lake, going north - Mo Pat E 01:42:45 08/04/12 (4)
        
        Or for those of us not wanting to get our feet wet - MO Pat E 01:45:42 08/04/12 (3)
        
        yikes - michael in tucson 09:05:41 08/04/12 (0)
        
        And end with something pretty - Mo Pat E 01:47:55 08/04/12 (1)
        
        Awesome series MO! - RandalH 14:50:22 08/04/12 (0)

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