Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Boys Make an Expedition

Jeffery and Laurie and friends went up to Lassen National Park for an overnight in the snow on the slopes of Brokeoff Mountain, which is the 2nd highest peak in the Park, after Lassen itself; and which was once part of Mt. Tehama before it blew its stack.  Laurie used cross-country skis and the rest of the guys used snowshoes to hike up to camp, and all around for the two days they spent on the very interesting mountain.

Dave, Laurie, Ben, and Tim

Jeffery by the tent he and Laurie will share, with Brokeoff Mountain in the background

Laurie in front on the tent, too.

Tim, Ben and Dave's nice camp set-up

Forest Lake, which is where the guys are camping

a recognizance trek to prepare for tomorrow's summitting

even a cool day gets you worked up to a sweat it would seem

Laurie helps show the slope of the adventure

dinner time

hang the food high so the bears don't get it.

morning light on Brokeoff Mt.

Jeffery selfie

I liked this broke-off stump in the foreground, in its own little pit of snow

Morning chill makes for extra outer-wear

Ben on the slope

the trail gets steep!

bagel time!  Lassen in background

Looking back down to camp

a photo of the guys with Mt. Lassen in the background

same shot with Dave in it instead of Tim

the summit looks so darned close from South Ridge, but this is where they turned back for camp and the car

looking down towards "home"

sign in the trees


the blue dot is from the ski area; it's the Easy trail marker

Back to the parking lot of the Lodge.  The road is closed beyond this, so you can only get into the park by foot

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