Monday, February 20, 2006

Reflection Lakes & Castle Rock

The pictures below are were taken during today's trek from Narada Falls, up past the snow-covered Reflection Lakes, topping out at a large ridge bump south of Castle Rock in Mount Rainier National Park. Ron J joined me on this climb.

Spindthrift rued the day as we snowshoed past a beautiful, icycle laden waterfall to Reflection Lakes, then ascended steep slopes up to the ridge for a closeup look at Castle Rock. We did not attempt to summit Castle Rock due to the steep, heavily snow-loaded slope seperating our location on the ridge from Castle Rock - a 5 minute gap ripe for an avalanche.

Shown below are some of my favorite pictures taken during the trek.

Note: Click picture for LARGER view.

Ice Falls Below Narada Bridge Posted by Picasa


Reflection Lake (Snow Covered) Posted by Picasa


Pinnacle Peak Posted by Picasa


Castle Rock Posted by Picasa


Castle Rock (North Face) Posted by Picasa


Castle Rock (East Face) Posted by Picasa


Castle Rock (Southeast Face) Posted by Picasa


Paul With Castle Rock & Pinnacle Pk in Background Posted by Picasa


Ron With Peaks in Background Posted by Picasa
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