This is the first real look at a mountain during our first 7 miles, Factory Hill. Some hill!
Unnamed thermal behind me with Factory Hill and Heartlake in the background.
Bob with Factory Hill, Heartlake and a thermal in the background. Beautiful view from here.
As we move down the trail towards the lake, this was a really nice view of the mountains behind our lake. Most of our trip will consist of a large loop around the lake.
Picture of Tom on the trail, giving you an idea of the weight we are carrying and if you look along the foot of Factory Hill the massive fire damage that took its toll here in 1988.
You can see these thermals just open up where ever they want, yet the vegetation around them seem to survive.
You have to wonder how deep some of the holes in the middle of the termal actually go.
Often the thermals are bubbling because they have an average temperature around 160 degrees.
Often the water is a clear blue and looks enticing, but you can feel the heat as you walk by them.
You cannot get too close to these theremals because the area around them could easily break off and you could take your last swim.
Our first real good look at Mt. Sheridan. We plan to summit this mountain, 10,300ft, on Thursday.
This is a larger look at Mt. Sheridan. On top is a fire lookout that is manned by a ranger during spring and summer.
Campsite one before the storms move in that night.
You can see the awesome view of the lake we had from our campsite. Too bad we would have to spend so much time in the tents that night.
I always try to get different view points of each of our tent sites while we are in the mountains. Not sure why, but....
This is the view from laying in my tent out towards the lake. The lake was warmer then you would think because of all the thermal water inflow.
The next morning we faced an awesome show of fog, lake and mountain combination.
These pictures show the reflection of the mountain in the water with the fog over the lake in the middle.
Just to make sure I got this shot before the fog burned off, I kept taking pictures.
And just one more picture of the fog, lake and mountain combintation, which I think turned out the best.
As the morning progressed and we dried out, this is a look in the direction that we were heading that morning.
