I wanted to get out on another overnight trip so I headed to the Necklace Valley trail. The original plan was to hike up to La Bohn Lakes. When I got to the top of Necklace Valley I was not sure of the route to La Bohn Lakes, so I went to Tank Lakes instead. Ok, let me back up a bit. The first 5 miles of trail was very easy as it only gained 400' along the East Fork of the Foss River. As I crossed the river the grade increased rapidly gaining 2250' in 2 miles. A half mile after the greade leveled out I got to the first of many lakes, Jade Lake. After that was Emerald then Opal Lakes. From there I headed west towards Tank Lakes, another 1000' up.
There were a lot of slab rocks in the area that were smoothed over by glaciers from years ago. After dinner and a gazillion mosquitos, I headed to sleep in my bivy sack and enjoyed a fitfull night's sleep.
I awoke early and headed down the mountain. My trip up had taken 7 hours, my return trip lasted just over 5 hours, thank goodness for gravity to help me on my return trip.
A full set of pictures can be found here. http://flickr.com/photos/bkraai/sets/72157607206267832/
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Speaking of trips to do, I've been wanting to get up to Tank Lakes for a few couple months. Hopefully I'll get up there within the next year!
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