Thursday we started at the Separation Lake Trailhead and took the Louise Creek Trail up to the Foley Ridge Trail then followed the Foley Ridge Trail to the Linton Meadows Trail. From there we headed to Eileen Lake where we would set up camp.
Friday was entirely off-trail exploration of Linton Creek.
Saturday we hiked back to the Foley Ridge Junction and took the Separation Meadow Trail down to Indian Holes Falls which is located near the junction with the Separation Creek Trail. The Separation Creek Trail runs between the James Creek Shelter and Separation Lake and is, according to the Forest Service "Impassable due to heavy blowdown." After visiting Indian Holes Falls we backtracked a little and then headed over to Honey Lake to get water for the last day (We hadn't seen any water on the first day until we were on the Foley Ridge Trail. After visiting Honey Lake we headed to Buck Meadows then continued toward the Separation Lake Trailhead on the Louise Creek Trail until we found a nice spot to set up our tent.
Sunday was an easy 7 mile hike back to the trailhead.
Pics from Thursday
Skipper
Buck Meadows
Middle Sister
South Sister from Husband Lake
Deer in Linton Meadows
Eileen Lake
Friday
Unnamed falls along Linton Creek
Duncan Falls
Unnamed falls along Linton Creek
Unnamed falls along Linton Creek
Meadow along Linton Creek
Unnamed falls along Linton Creek
Some of Upper Linton Falls
Linton Lake
More of Upper Linton Falls
Unnamed falls along Linton Creek
Back to Duncan Falls
Saturday
Frogs along the trail at Eileen Lake
The Husband from Husband Lake
Linton Meadows
Grasshoppers near Separation Creek Meadows
Separation Creek Meadows
Log crossing of Separation Creek near Indian Holes Falls
Indian Holes Falls
Honey Lake
Buck Meadows
Final nights campsite
Sunday
I once saw a swarm of grasshoppers like that on top of Tunnel ridge in southern Oregon. They can reduce foliage to nothing in seconds. But yet they obviously don't swarm like that all the time. I wonder is it is specific to a very particular life phase?
