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Since I’m practically an amphibian — and a thermophilic amphibian at that — and the weather nastiness on San José left us with a few spare days, we decided to drive around the hot springs. The ones located . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Hot springs
Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Summit The snow fell for 36 hours. We lay in the tent and diligently tried to sleep. Simply to avoid going nuts. Visibility outside . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Descent
Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp January 6 the wind died down, and we moved camp up to 5100. The German-Australians had gone down, freeing their tent places, and we settled onto one of them. We . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Summit
Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp January 1 — a day off. Sacred, obviously. Especially when acclimatization calls for it. We woke up unhurriedly, had breakfast, our companion decided to commit to rest with full seriousness, while we felt lazy — so we went . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. High camp
So, settling the debt from a year ago, at the end of this freshly concluded December we once again set out for Marmolejo. But not by the standard route — this time via its neighboring volcano San José, just to avoid repeating ourselves. The two stand . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Volcano San Jose. Base Camp
We suddenly found ourselves with a chance to once again escape the darkest time of the year to the other hemisphere. And since there’s been an outstanding debt to Marmolejo hanging over us since last year, that’s . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation
After the total larch failure on Lake Robin, we decided to visit the place with guaranteed larches before all needles flew away. Our friend wanted to go with us to Ingalls Lake, and we decided that it is . . . → Continue reading Golden Larches of Ingalls Lake
After the beautiful hike to the larches of Augusta and Ida Lakes at the beginning of October, we decided that we should use the good weather in full, and go to the new larches right in next weekend. Robin Lake was chosen. New place, we . . . → Continue reading Robin Lake and Granite Mountain pothole
A lake named Silver is not alone in our places. We have visited several of them. This exact lake is located in North Cascades. . . . → Continue reading Silver Lake of North Cascades
In my childhood larches grew just right in front of my home, but now it is every-fall action – hike to see golden larches., because in my current location, larches grow only in an altitude range of 1800-2100 meters, . . . → Continue reading Hike After Golden Larches |
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