Lake Solitude

My all time fave hike is to Lake Solitude, through Cascade Canyon in the Grand Tetons. My bro and I did all 17 miles of it yesterday and it was fantastic. Saw 6 moose (2 bulls, 2 cows, and 2 calves!) and lots of pikas, mule deer, and yellow bellied marmots. The weather was perfect and we weren't even ridiculously tires by the end, like we were last year.

Unfortunately, there was a huge rain storm last night and the temp dropped to the mid 30s, so we had a cold and wet night. Our tent works well for light to steady rain, but when it's heavy rain for a while, the tent leaks in some spots, like over my face. Blargh.

Anyway, want to see some pics?



On a boat crossing Jenny Lake


Dan is leader


I like bridges


Lake Solitude


Grand Teton in the background


MOOSE!!!


There were tons of beautiful wildflowers on this trail


What a nice mountain!


We follow Cascade Creek on the lower right of the pic the whole way


Victory!!


I look kind of crazy in this pic. It's prob bc I'm exhausted and exhilarated at the same time


We made it!


I love this place


That is the end of the trail - 8 miles into the mountains!


More flowers


Hello waterfall


Moose #5


Hey, a baby mule deer


This is dan's look of happiness after completing the hike.


This is mine.
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