日穿金松林,夜卧雪湖畔,秋去冬來時,誰能共見證? 10月15~16Snowy Lakes背包行

jinsi · 发表于 2011-10-19 18:06:43

漫山金松雪掩紅 – 10月15-16日美國Snowy Lakes賞秋行

秋高氣爽, 看過上週小C們往美國賞秋的照片, 十分誘人, 這週的天氣預報更好, 便決定跟小C出遊, 再往美國North Cascades附近的Cutthroat Pass和Snowy Lakes露營看秋色.

Angelbella, Alex & Camony, 阿瑟, Dada, Gloria, Paul, popcorn, robin, 野隱, windy和我一行12人清晨07:00h準時在美國的Sedro Woolley集合, 補充食物, 在Burger King用過早餐便開車往在SR 20公路上Rainy Pass的Trailhead (09:25h). 那裏是看秋色的好地方, 雖是大清早, 停車場已泊了不少車. 山中寒氣逼人, 步出車廂便感到涼意, 各人趕快添衣. 10:00h整頓好便起步. 山徑的路況很好, 前段在林中平緩地漸漸爬升, 走了不久便看到遠山的金松, 山徑上亦開始有新雪, 看來前幾天山中剛下了一場雪, 路旁的紅葉都被新雪蓋過了. 正在驚訝於十月新雪, 想着可能要雪地露營了, 忽然抬頭一看, 我們已步入了大片的金松林. 天氣非常好, 陽光普照, 藍天下的金松倍覺挺拔多姿, 而山徑漸轉開揚, 沿之字路爬高往Cutthroat Pass, 白雪映金松, 似乎每轉一彎的景色又不同, 大家不停地拍照, 進度異常緩慢, 13:30h才到達Cutthroat Pass, 在山坳看到山下小小的Cutthroat Lake.

在Cutthroat Pass小歇用午飯, 大部份遊人以此為終點, 觀景後便離去. 14:05h開始往Snowy Lakes進發, 沿途盡是金松白雪藍天, 天氣暖和, 一路是平緩開揚的路, 很是寫意, 忽然到一山角, 從上急轉直下, 在膝深的雪坡上走之字路急速下降, 再走了好一段路才到Granite Pass (16:00h). 過了山坳, 遠遠地看見營地所在, 再從彎彎曲曲在山邊的山徑走, 有趣的是此段並沒有雪, 但因路途遙遠, 而我亦太久沒有負重, 走起來頗為吃力 , 17:00h到達營地Snowy Lakes山下.

Snowy Lakes這山中湖原來是山上湖, 到達營地前的最後一段路竟然是如Grouse Grind般拔高! 望着那山頭不禁感到有點氣餒, 咬着牙步步爬高, 那山中湖像是遙不可及. 看着天色漸暗, 緃然辛苦也得趕快前行, 終於在17:30h看到期望已久的山中湖. 第一小湖 (Lower Lake) 已冰封, 辛好較大的第二小湖 (Upper Lake) 還未完全凍結, 但四周的營地已是白雪暟暟, 想不到在十月份要冬季露營! 營地沒有甚麼設施, 亦可能是天晚, 在雪蓋下甚麼也沒有發現. 大伙在夕陽下山前全都趕到, 在一片金光下安營休息, 晚上也不太寒冷, 寒星點點, 銀河飛瀉, 晚饍後各自在湖畔居安寢.

一夜無話, 次晨各人在日出前便起來, 在一泓清水旁休憩. 湖面結了一層薄冰, 更顯湖水的平靜清澈. 天氣保持清朗, 看着一輪紅日在遠方爬昇, 暖洋洋的很舒適. 因歸途路遠, 我們在11:10h便踏上歸途, 下山順利, 在途中稍停用午飯, 17:00h回到停車場, 圓滿地結束了這次金光燦爛的賞秋之旅.
很高興能與朋友們同行! :kx:

謝謝小C的精心策劃, 讓我們體驗了3R :wink:

先上幾張拼圖.

Dada · 发表于 2011-10-19 19:20:21

谢谢ALEX和ROBIN把诗SE下来.... :P

养眼的不只是金松哦~~ :wink:

Dada · 发表于 2011-10-19 19:35:22

雪湖转秋波,
金松寄诗情。
自有寒梅意，
月下暗香来。

边走边唱 · 发表于 2011-10-19 20:52:56

美极了，人美景也美。 :jm: :sm1f:

windy · 发表于 2011-10-19 21:31:41

:wink:

panolover · 发表于 2011-10-20 13:01:20

漂亮，羡慕 :favor:

lulululu · 发表于 2011-10-20 13:03:58

:jm: :lm:

Dada · 发表于 2011-10-20 20:08:24

嘿嘿, 趁大師們的大作出台前, 得趕快把俺的小照給貼了 :P

Dada · 发表于 2011-10-20 20:14:09

雪湖

hello_kitty · 发表于 2011-10-20 20:28:38

每张照片都是精品啊！看着就让人流口水
明年一定要加入你们的金松之旅 :D

Angelbella · 发表于 2011-10-20 22:30:22

Absolutely what a wonderful backpacking trip!!

Perhaps, autumn delays this year due to climate changes; I am anxiously looking forward the color of fall.  Couple of days ago in the parking lot, I was so attracted to the view of maple leaves blooming in deep red that inspired me to seek for color of fall. I was happy that Carmony posted the autumn hiking call out.

Thank you Carmony and Alex, your great effort in planning the trip and executing the plan, so that we enjoyed larches with worry free.  During the trip, I often heard Alex said: “Carmony, I hike behind the team”.  I extend my gratitude to Alex & Carmony and pioneer team that waited in cold weather for the slower team more than an hour at the Cuttroat Pass intersection to ensure we were on the right trail.  Thank you for sending two foreign hikers to remind us to move on when we were carried away by the stunning views of golden orange larches.  Thank you for the continuous shouting in open ridge to ensure we were connected as a team while we were possibly miles apart.  As for all of these, I salute you for a great job you’ve accomplished and for the concern of the team's safety.  I thank all classmates in the team for sharing such an unforgettable hiking experience.  The views of golden larches are stunning, nothing is more wonderful than having you hiked side by side with, shared laughter’s along trails and by the snowy lake, amazed at the crystal moon through telescope, and wondered about bright stars in the galaxy.

What an amazing  crowd!!