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[Igloo Ed]

Went for an easy stroll on Independence Day in some pretty warm if not hot temps. I tried to cross Tyndal Creek where I normally cross it on my way to Mill Junction but the water was way to high and falling into the stream wouldn't have been good.
I found a place to cross Tyndal Creek above it's confluence with Chaos Creek but could find a crossing for Chaos C. I decided that I would head up Chaos C. to Haiyaha. I was hoping to get some good waterfall pictures but the sun was already up and the lighting was terrible.
I did find this little guy though that seemed to be enjoying the spotlight:


As I traveled up along the creek, I tried to come up with half ways decent lighting and a good perspective:


I'll need to return when the lighting is better as there is some very good subject matter:


The water was flowing very high and violent:


I followed the stream up to Beard Falls and had never seen it flowing so full:

[mwilson]

That's a lot of water. I think we'll probably still find some snow and full creeks when we come in 20 days. I'm hoping for some great wildflowers, too!

[Igloo Ed]

Beings as I was so close I decided to have lunch on Knob 3 and noticed this view as I was sitting there enjoying myself:


After lunch I decided to head up on top of Knob 2 and got this picture of Hallett:


From the south side of the knob I got a good view of Haiyaha and Chaos Canyon with ALL the snow that is still there:


From the top of the ridge, I headed along the ridge towards Hallett but then dropped down to the back of Haiyaha to check for litter at the Stomp Camp behind the lake. Happy to say I didn't find anything, the camp was clean, although there is still snow that needs to melt and I'll need to check again later this fall.
I made a loop around the lakes south side and headed back down the trail to Dream Lake. There were very large and hazardous drifts just before reaching Dream but with a little patience I was able to put a route together to get past the drifts.
The snow is nearly rock hard now and I only fell into the snow a couple times and postholed a few times all day long. Most areas below Haiyaha are snow free except the big drifts.
A great day with part of it being on bare ground and rock and the other part of the day being on the hard snow.

[DeeCeeM]

All these pictures are great, but I particularly love the first one.

[Scrapinator]

What a great way to spend Independence Day! Fantastic shots and report.

Edited by Scrapinator, 05 July 2011 - 06:02 PM.

[Allie]

That water is incredible, wish it would still be like that in Sept. Great photos.

[rcw]

Very nice Ed. We are going to have to get out there in June some year to see the full creeks and roaring falls.

[renate1]

Amazing how much snow is still around. Love seeing the water at full force.

[John]

What a sweet day in the park!

[jflo]

Happy 4th!!