Visit Mt. Rainier—Mowich Lake

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world i
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Mowich Lake 中的“Mowich” 在Chinook印第安语中意为“deer”, Mowich Lake是Mt. Rainier NP里面最大的一个湖,它是local hikers眼里的secret garden.

Mowich Lake

 

 

前面两篇分别介绍了Paradise 和 Sunrise,那两个地方是5个入口中最负盛名也是游客最多的地方。特别是现在,如果周末高峰期去得比较晚,入口有时会有1-2miles的汽车长队。位于公园南边的Stenven Canyon入口,主要接待来自Oregon 和Idaho方向来的游客。但是由于Stenven Canyon 附近的步道主要适合backpacking,也没有很好的观察平台,基本上他们左右分流,要么去Paradise, 要么Sunrise.

 

Carbon River 入口和Paradise 一样,整年开放。在那里能领略雄伟的Carbon Glacier(公园内共有25个被命名的冰川),和它融化下来让人畏惧的奔腾河水。但是对一般旅游者来说,那是一个基本上Inaccessible的地方。汽车必须停在公园入口处,trailhead基本上都在离停车场5miles 以外,那些步道更适合backpacking。我们以前是带了mountain bikes, 先骑5miles的土路,然后backpacking,结束后再骑5miles回到停车场。

 

去Mowich Lake 和Carbon River, 需要经过一个mining town,叫Wilkeson。Wilkeson 好像还生活在150年前的西部牛仔世界,街边的建筑活脱脱就是西部电影里的翻版,每每经过,让我浮想联翩。接下来经过只有一个车道的大桥,又让我想起电影“The Bridge On The River Kwai”.

过了桥,路就一分为二,向左去Carbon River, 靠右去Mowich Lake。这是一条没有paved也没有分割线的forest road, 长17miles, 天晴时开时尘土飞扬,一直开到底就是Mowich Lake。

 

Campground: Mowich Lake, 先来先到。

 

For a day hike, 基本上只有2条步道,1,Eunice Lake & Tommie Peak(recommended only when you camp there with extra half a day to spend),2,Spray Park Trail.

 

推荐步道:Spray Park Trail

a,Out and Back(推荐),6-8mile/1700feet

b,Loop, 8mile/1900feet: Mowich Lake—Spray Park Trail—Knapsack Pass Trail—Mowich Lake。Knapsack trail 没有维护,有些路段需要route finding, 翻越Knapsack Pass时有一个200feet高比较危险的碎石坡,需要scramble。从Knapsack Pass 到Mowich Lake 大约1.2mile, 下降1000feet, unmaintained.

 

我们非常喜欢这个步道,以前夏天每年都来,主要是人少,景色开阔,野花连绵不绝。如果想看冰川,可以继续向前走到冰山脚下,也可以backpacking去Carbon River 或Sunset Park。

Creek at trail side 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Foot bridge & Creek 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Spray Falls 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Into a meadow 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Pasqueflower seedheads 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Broadleaf Lupine 09/05/2020 Iphone7

The Purest 09/05/2020 Iphone7

Mountine Goats 09/05/2020 Iphone7

@Knapsack Pass, Mowich Lake in the middle 09/05/2020 Iphone7

 

关于熊的问题,这里主要是黑熊,经常能遇到,极少攻击人,我们从来不带bear spray。反而是mountain goats, 比较stubborn, if provoked, will attack, 更应该离他们远一点。

 

Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face

stars fill my dream

I’m a traveler of both time and space

to be where I have been

就让我beloved 4句歌词(Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin),作为这里的结束语。She is always the best in my heart, and I will live with her, die with her!

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