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2010/09/07

Hike the Cub Lake Loop Trail in RMNP (2010.09.04)

Rider 1
行程紀要:
登山口:Fern Lake Trailhead bus stop (8,155 ft.)
The Pool2.3(8,400 ft.)
Cub Lake3.5(8,620 ft.)
Cub Lake Trailhead5.8(8,080 ft.)
Fern Lake Trailhead bus stop6.0(8,155 ft.)
爬升高度:約650
花費時間:5小時

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96日是美國的勞動節(每年九月的第一個星期一),所以這個週末就是所謂的Long Weekend,本計畫到猶他州的錫安國家公園(Zion National Park)走走,但因計畫太晚而取消,只好帶著孩子們往洛磯山國家公園走,今天預計由Moraine Park Fern Lake Trailhead起登,經The Pool 到達Fern Lake再原路下山。這一條路線許多遊客是採取開車到Bear Lake,然後沿Odessa Lake Trail爬升一段路後一路下坡走訪Lake HeleneOdessa LakeFern Lake,再接Fern Lake Trail回到Fern Lake Trailhead轉搭免費的園區車回到Bear Lake,全程約8.5哩,而且大部分是下坡路段,安排一天的時間是一趟不錯的健行路線。
今天出門晚,到達登山口已將近11點,我們將車子停在距登山口約0.6哩處的園區免費巴士停車站的停車場,由此開始起登。
11:09 Fern Lake Trailhead 園區免費巴士停車站啟程(8,155 ft.),車子應可開到登山口,但停車位有限,根據經驗假日這個時間開進去以後再開出來的機率頗高。

Fern Lake Trail 1
Aspen along the trail

11:29 Fern Lake 登山口 (8,165 ft.),估算無誤,停車位已滿。
12:00 行經Arch Rocks,幾顆巨石矗立兩側,許多孩子就在此地攀岩豆豆貝貝也不例外,在此休息一、二十分鐘。

Rocks by the trail 1
Rocks by the trail 2
Rocks by the trail 3
Rocks by the trail 4
Fern Lake Trail 2

12:33 抵達The Pool (8,400 ft. ),一座木橋橫跨Big Thompson River,山上積雪幾乎融光,所以水量太小、顯不出那種磅礡的氣勢,在此午餐休息。

Benchmark at The Pool
Benchmark at The Pool
The Pool 1
The Pool 2
The Pool 3
The Pool 4
The Pool 5
Big Thompson River
Big Thompson River 1


13:18 續行,到Fern Lake還有2.1哩,而且要爬升一千一百多呎,孩子們有點不想爬,臨時決定左轉改走Cub Lake Trail,經Cub Lake 下山。此段路到Cub Lake 1.2哩,緩上坡,行來輕鬆。

Cascade by the trail 3
Cascade by the trail 1
Cascade by the trail 2
Cascade by the trail 4



13:57 抵達Cub Lake & Mill Creek Basin Trail 的岔路,此地是此步道最高點(8,725 ft.),距Cub Lake僅剩0.2哩,右岔往Mill Creek Basin,取直行,隨即俯瞰整個Cub Lake,此地是Cub Lake西岸置高點。

Cub Lake
Looking back down on Cub Lake



14:13 抵達Cub Lake (8,620 ft.),幾天前才和太座來過,稍事休息後由出水口(東北岸)下山。
Cub Lake 1

Cub Lake 2
Cub Lake 3
Cub Lake and Stones Peak
Upside down
Upside down
Steller's Jay 1
Steller's Jay 2
Steller's Jay
Rider 2



16:00 抵達Cub Lake Trailhead (8,080 ft.),續沿車道前往停車處取車,完成一“O”形健行。回程時僅在Moraine Park大草原中看到一隻Elk,形單影隻,在這個時節、這個時段實在很反常!

Elk in Moraine Park 1
Elk in Moraine Park 2
Elk in Moraine Park 3
Elk in Moraine Park 4

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