Project-JK Blue Lakes Summertime Snow Wheeling 2011
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Project-JK Blue Lakes Summertime Snow Wheeling 2011
Before our friend mituk and his kids had to leave Tahoe, we decided to get one more easy run in just to see the sights, soak up the warm sun and relax along the shores of the Lost Lakes. But, as luck would have it, the weather started to cool off again and deep snow drifts still blocked the trail all along the Lower and Upper Blue Lakes. In fact, we would find that nobody had been beyond the Lower Blue Lakes to date. But, rather than turning back, we decided to use this opportunity to have some fun. Here are a few pics from our trip.
When we got to the Lower Blue Lakes Campground, there was a stock Toyota pick-up who had gotten stuck about 2 feet into the white stuff. After digging themselves out, they got out of our way and watched us roll on through...
The further in we got, the more white stuff we started to see and the deeper it got...
Every now and then, there would be a clearing from runoff but the back side of the drifts were steep here and quite exciting to get down off of them...
Thanks to the icy snow in the shade and slush in the sun, getting through this stuff proved to be a real challenge and a little help was needed her to get mituk rolling again...
Thanks to all the off camber drifts, we spent a lot of time trying not to slide into trees...
After working our way through Middle Creek, we arrived at the peaceful and quite shores of the Upper Blue Lakes. As you can see from the marker in the water, it was as full as it gets too...
Group shot of our JK's...
After some lunch, we decided to push forward and see if we can reach the Lost Lakes...
Navigating your way across the snow drifts was made difficult by large holes radiating from trees and just begging you to fall in...
Climbing up the shelf road to the Lost Lakes, we got about 500 feet from the turn off when we encounted this - An enormous 20 foot snow drift with a steep enough angle making it near impossible to traverse safely...
So, we decided to hike the rest of the way there and, this is what it looked like...
mituk's daughter Mariana braved the fridgid waters to take this shot...
Walking around the lake, we found icebergs breaking off - remember, this is the middle of July...
For fun, the kids decide to make a summertime snowman...
Heading back, the clouds rolled in and it got cool enough to start freezing the snow making it icy and a lot harder to get any traction...
But, we managed to work our way out with only one fender hit to a tree by brainchild and one use of the winch by mituk...
If there's one thing I will always remember about the summer of 2011, it'll be all the snow, snow and more snow we got to play in
To see all the pics we took, simply click on the link below:
Project-JK Blue Lakes Summertime Snow Wheeling Photo Gallery
When we got to the Lower Blue Lakes Campground, there was a stock Toyota pick-up who had gotten stuck about 2 feet into the white stuff. After digging themselves out, they got out of our way and watched us roll on through...
The further in we got, the more white stuff we started to see and the deeper it got...
Every now and then, there would be a clearing from runoff but the back side of the drifts were steep here and quite exciting to get down off of them...
Thanks to the icy snow in the shade and slush in the sun, getting through this stuff proved to be a real challenge and a little help was needed her to get mituk rolling again...
Thanks to all the off camber drifts, we spent a lot of time trying not to slide into trees...
After working our way through Middle Creek, we arrived at the peaceful and quite shores of the Upper Blue Lakes. As you can see from the marker in the water, it was as full as it gets too...
Group shot of our JK's...
After some lunch, we decided to push forward and see if we can reach the Lost Lakes...
Navigating your way across the snow drifts was made difficult by large holes radiating from trees and just begging you to fall in...
Climbing up the shelf road to the Lost Lakes, we got about 500 feet from the turn off when we encounted this - An enormous 20 foot snow drift with a steep enough angle making it near impossible to traverse safely...
So, we decided to hike the rest of the way there and, this is what it looked like...
mituk's daughter Mariana braved the fridgid waters to take this shot...
Walking around the lake, we found icebergs breaking off - remember, this is the middle of July...
For fun, the kids decide to make a summertime snowman...
Heading back, the clouds rolled in and it got cool enough to start freezing the snow making it icy and a lot harder to get any traction...
But, we managed to work our way out with only one fender hit to a tree by brainchild and one use of the winch by mituk...
If there's one thing I will always remember about the summer of 2011, it'll be all the snow, snow and more snow we got to play in
To see all the pics we took, simply click on the link below:
Project-JK Blue Lakes Summertime Snow Wheeling Photo Gallery
Last edited by wayoflife; 07-27-2011 at 12:00 PM.
Thaw this year is definitely few weeks behind.
