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Glockguy
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: Red Pine Lakes |
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I hiked up to these lakes with my brother and dad on 7/25. We arrived at the TH (Trail Head) at 6 a.m. The views of the valley and mountains surrounding the area were awe inspiring.
We ate lunch after arriving at the lower Red Pine lake at about 8:00 a.m. (I deleted my trip computer on my gps so i can't give exact time) We saw some kind of strange mammal on the rocks near the lake about the size of a large cat. It was a pretty slow moving animal and I got some pics. Anyone know what it is?
The upper lake was about another 15 minutes up. I like the upper lake best with it's alpine feel. There are spectacular views of the Pfeifferhorn with it's accompanying granite ridge. My brother and I did some bouldering on afew of the granite house-sized boulders. We will get a geocache on top of the ridge between White Pine Lake and Upper Red Pine Lake in a few weeks on another trip we have planned.
We headed down from the upper lake at about 11 a.m. We were happy to have both lakes to ourselves at this early hour. The parking lot at the bottom was very crowded an hot as we arrived back at the car.
I will also included a topo pick with out track imposed on it (Courtesy or my Garmin 60CS) I can also post an satelite photo with tracks if anyone is interested. |
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accadacca
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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SWEET!! Thanks for the photos. I was actually thinking about hiking that today. I was at White Pine, what a zoo. I had my two year old and we only had a few hours. I wasn't sure how he would do on the trail. How well marked is the trail anyway? I have heard conflicting stories. I will have to go hike it on a weeknight. White Pine is a -ZOO- on the weekends as you well know. Thanks for the report and again welcome to uutah.com.
Isn't that the animal from caddy shack? A beaver? An over fed squirrel? :lol8: |
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Udink
Joined: 21 Jul 2005
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Location: Price, Utah
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: Red Pine Lakes |
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Bigben wrote: We saw some kind of strange mammal on the rocks near the lake about the size of a large cat. It was a pretty slow moving animal and I got some pics. Anyone know what it is?
Looks like a woodchuck. I did a Google image search for "woodchuck" and it looks a lot like the results. |
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jimflint1
Joined: 17 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Red Pine Lakes |
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Udink wrote:
Looks like a woodchuck.
I believe it's actually a rockchuck (at least, that's what my dad used to call them)--or, more technically, a marmot.
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jimflint1
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Cool pictures. Thanks for the trip report.
I agree that it's probably a rockchuck. We would see them out by Willard Bay all of the time. |
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crazy horse
Joined: 17 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I think that your creature is a marmot. I've seen them up Big Cottonwood before. Nice pics, by the way |
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TreeHugger
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| yep, your mystery animal is a marmot! :-) |
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grounded
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| A yellow-bellied marmot to be exact. |
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