Friday, March 14, 2014

The Backpack 7 Down the stream and up the trail


The next day we hiked down Arapahoe Creek from Caribou Lake toward Monarch Lake for about 10 miles.  


There were some bridges and some challenging stream crossings. 

When we stopped to cool off, Gordon, our fisherman, always had a line in the water. 

Just this side of Monarch Lake we reached a junction with the trail to Crater Lake. We turned right and hiked uphill for several miles and camped by the trail near some massive boulders. We were fortunate then because these days camping is no longer allowed at this spot. 
It was a 13 mile day.


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