Hiking the North Ten Mile Trail
On June 7th, Marie, Eileen, Ruth, Mahea,her dog Chloe and I hiked the North Ten Mile trail. The wildflowers are blooming already and it was a beautiful day. We hiked about 8 miles altogether.
The end of the trail is about 3.5 miles from the trailhead, but we weren’t ready to finish, so we decided to go a little way toward Uneva Pass on the Gore Trail. However the river is high with snowmelt and we were unable to cross it. Instead we took the Gore Trail the other direction, toward Eccles Pass and climbed the first couple of switchbacks before we ran out of time.
It was good we turned around when we did as the last ten minutes of hiking back to our cars was accompanied by thunder and lightning, although the rain held off until we were actually in our cars. It was a good hike! Next week we will be doing Mount Royal, which will have some great lake views. I will be taking my camera.
June 11th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Joanne was our fearless leader on this beautiful day and wonderful hike. It was hot and I appreciated the breeze when it came up and the shade. The mosquitoes, however, found some of us in the shady areas. Ruth was a walking book of knowledge on the wildflowers and Mahea took some awesome digital pictures of the flowers and landscape. I’ve already framed a few; they hang in my living room… they are beautiful.
If you want any, Mahea’s thinking about starting a photo business! Eileen was my advisor on hiking shoes and her new pair needed no breaking in. Chloe, Mahea’s dog, loved to wade in the river and it seemed to revive her every time!
Marie