Dome rock hike
May. 9th, 2006 05:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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lyda_pearl, whtmtnwmn, Shadow, Ben, Bowie and I did a hike up to Dome Rock.
The first part of the trail is along a very picturesque cascading stream, called Fallsway.
So I took some obligatory pictures of the pretty waterfalls. This one is called Gordon Fall.
I also managed to catch at least one of the dogs swimming, although all three were in the water at one time or another. This one is Bowie, a five-month old yellow lab.
After awhile, the trail crosses the stream and becomes much steeper and rockier.
Ben, another yellow lab, guards the way.
Along the way we came across several ledges or caps of rock, from which we were able to capture absolutely spectacular views.
Shadow wanted to say hello.
By the time we reached the upper ledges, we'd climbed about 1000 feet, and we could see just about forever, even with the cloudy, hazy skies.
Here's a picture of one of the ledges, seen from below. The trail winds up the side of the mountain to the left of and then across the rock faces.
We nearly turned around about five minutes from the top because the skies were so threatening...
...but after resting and having a snack, we decided to persevere and reached the top in short order. Sadly, none of the pics from the top turned out terribly well. After another short rest we headed back down. The climb up took about an hour and forty minutes, and the climb down took one and a half hours, so it was a good, long hike. By the time we reached the Fallsway trail again on the way down, it was starting to rain a bit and by the time we reached the cars, the tops of the mountains were completely enshrouded by heavy, black clouds. It's a good thing we didn't linger longer than we did up there.
It was a great hike, but my knees let me know in no uncertain terms that while climbing the rocks going up is all sorts of fun, climbing back down the rocks sucks big time. I was pretty much crippled all day Sunday, but it was worth it.
lyda_pearl, whtmtnwmn, Shadow, Ben, Bowie and I did a hike up to Dome Rock.The first part of the trail is along a very picturesque cascading stream, called Fallsway.
So I took some obligatory pictures of the pretty waterfalls. This one is called Gordon Fall.
I also managed to catch at least one of the dogs swimming, although all three were in the water at one time or another. This one is Bowie, a five-month old yellow lab.
After awhile, the trail crosses the stream and becomes much steeper and rockier.
Ben, another yellow lab, guards the way.
Along the way we came across several ledges or caps of rock, from which we were able to capture absolutely spectacular views.
Shadow wanted to say hello.
By the time we reached the upper ledges, we'd climbed about 1000 feet, and we could see just about forever, even with the cloudy, hazy skies.
Here's a picture of one of the ledges, seen from below. The trail winds up the side of the mountain to the left of and then across the rock faces.
We nearly turned around about five minutes from the top because the skies were so threatening...
...but after resting and having a snack, we decided to persevere and reached the top in short order. Sadly, none of the pics from the top turned out terribly well. After another short rest we headed back down. The climb up took about an hour and forty minutes, and the climb down took one and a half hours, so it was a good, long hike. By the time we reached the Fallsway trail again on the way down, it was starting to rain a bit and by the time we reached the cars, the tops of the mountains were completely enshrouded by heavy, black clouds. It's a good thing we didn't linger longer than we did up there.
It was a great hike, but my knees let me know in no uncertain terms that while climbing the rocks going up is all sorts of fun, climbing back down the rocks sucks big time. I was pretty much crippled all day Sunday, but it was worth it.
