Broken Top Area: 7/12/19
Posted: July 13th, 2019, 8:43 pm
Broken Top Area: 7/12/19
What: Broken Top Area Hike
When: 7/12/19
Who: Me (Born2BBrad), Chase
Quick info for snow level. Lots of trails snow free, but lots of snow in the higher elevations and certain sections of trails. Really slows you down and requires more effort.
Saddle above green lakes
Broken top trail just after Green Lakes
Crater Creek
I didn’t know Crater Ditch had a footbridge upstream
Almost 100% snow from Crater Ditch up to Tam Mac
Maybe not 100%, but close
The Tam Mac trail had a few big snow patches, but was mostly clear
Misc. comments:
- Mosquitoes were ever-present, but not the worst. The worst will be in a week or two or three.
- We saw seven rangers! Most ever for me. They didn’t want to discuss the restrictions coming in 2020.
- People are thoughtless and stupid. There are signs everywhere in the Green Lakes basin noting to camp in designated areas. The rangers were having to educate those people about that, as well as pick up trash. People were taking off-trail shortcuts right in front of the rangers too in the basin.
What: Broken Top Area Hike
When: 7/12/19
Who: Me (Born2BBrad), Chase
Quick info for snow level. Lots of trails snow free, but lots of snow in the higher elevations and certain sections of trails. Really slows you down and requires more effort.
Saddle above green lakes
Broken top trail just after Green Lakes
Crater Creek
I didn’t know Crater Ditch had a footbridge upstream
Almost 100% snow from Crater Ditch up to Tam Mac
Maybe not 100%, but close
The Tam Mac trail had a few big snow patches, but was mostly clear
Misc. comments:
- Mosquitoes were ever-present, but not the worst. The worst will be in a week or two or three.
- We saw seven rangers! Most ever for me. They didn’t want to discuss the restrictions coming in 2020.
- People are thoughtless and stupid. There are signs everywhere in the Green Lakes basin noting to camp in designated areas. The rangers were having to educate those people about that, as well as pick up trash. People were taking off-trail shortcuts right in front of the rangers too in the basin.