[分享] Beartooth Highway, Glacier and Mt. St. Helens

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[分享] Beartooth Highway, Glacier and Mt. St. Helens

Post by xyz » 2007-07-09 8:36

上个月去了北边的四个州旅行 (WA, ID, MT, WY)。行程包括 Beartooth Highway,Yellowstone,Teton,Glacier, Kootenai Falls 和 Mt. St. Helens。最喜欢的是Glacier,待了4天,走了16 miles 的 trail,看到了彩虹,熊,野花,瀑布。现在贴上几张 Beartooth Highway,Glacier, Kootenai Falls 和 Mt. St. Helens相片,和大家分享。

1 Beartooth Highway
从这条路进了Yellowstone的东北门, Cooke City。
感觉和Rocky 的 Trail Ridge road 相似,在 Beartooth pass 上的风刮得车门都得费很大力气推开,走了一小段雪路,眼睛都睁不开,只能背着风一小步一小步地挪。当即想到<<呼啸山庄>>里的描写。
一路上的景色都很漂亮,从山脚的溪流,无边的森林, 到最高处的雪原,一直让我赞叹不已。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beartooth_Highway

The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road that has been called "the most beautiful drive in America," by late CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt.[1] Due to heavy snowfall at the top, the pass is usually open each year only from Memorial Day in late May through Labor Day in September.

The Beartooth Highway is the section of U.S. Highway 212 between Red Lodge, Montana and Cooke City, Montana. It traces a series of steep zigzags and switchbacks, along the Montana-Wyoming border to the 10,974 foot (3,345 m.) high Beartooth Pass. The approximate elevation rise is from 5,200 to 8,000 feet in 12 miles (1,600 to 2,400 m in 20 km) in the most daring landscapes.

When driving from the east to the west, the highest parts of the Beartooth Highway level off into a wide plateau near the top of the pass, and then descend to where the Beartooth Highway connects to the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway near Cooke City, which forms the northeast gateway to Yellowstone National Park.

River along the Beartooth
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Approaching Beartooth Pass
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雪原
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The peak of Beartooth
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2 Glacier
花了两天在 Many Glacier hiking,分别走了 Iceberg trail 和 Grinell glacier trail。在后一条trail上,看到了熊,就在路边的草坡上,应该是它先看到我们的。几次立起来又趴下去,我想它是在犹豫要不要主动出击。我们和它对望了一分钟,抢照了几张相片就赶快离开了。还算是有惊无险。

Iceberg trail
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Ground squirrel
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Destinatio of Iceberg trail-- Iceberg Lake
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Rainbow over Lake Sherburne
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Grinell glacier trail (Grinell Lake)
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Grizzly
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Fog over Lake McDonald
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3 Kootenai Falls (Libby, MT)
这是从Montana的旅游局寄来的资料里看到的,就在2号公路边上,很方便。靠近Swing Bridge有一处的水面很是平静,象是块无边的绿玉。而在大概500米外的Kootenai Falls,水面激荡,浪花无数,有时竟可看到其间微型的彩虹。

Swing Bridge
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Kootenai Falls
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4 Mt. St. Helens
我没想到火山如此难爬,事先的准备很不充足。大概在离火山口还有1000 feet (海拔)的时候,发现水和干粮已经用了4/5,加上体力也已经不支,只能半途而废,很是遗憾。

回望
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下山
有滑雪的装备的话,下山会容易快捷很多。
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火山口 (from Wiki)
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Post by Knowing » 2007-07-09 13:34

在雪山上HIKE,你们太牛了。。
景色真美,那道吊桥你们走了么?
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Post by tiffany » 2007-07-09 13:46

人家公园里的松鼠比城里的俊俏。
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Post by Knowing » 2007-07-09 13:52

人家那公园多大,城里的公园才多大。那松鼠是真正的free ranged.身段儿当然好啦。
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Post by 豪情 » 2007-07-09 13:54

照片真漂亮.

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Post by 洛洛 » 2007-07-09 14:01

写一些hiking攻略吧。
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Post by xyz » 2007-07-10 9:35

走吊桥时还是有些紧张的, 尤其是走过去的时候,觉得晃得很,走回来的时候,多少习惯了一些,就可以张望四周的景色了。桥边有通告,只能允许5个人同时在桥上。

我在 Glacier 走的这两条路线还比较轻松,长是长些, Iceberg trail 有近10英里,但大部分不陡,还有些是在树林子走, 非常舒服。我唯一比较认真的装备是在REI买的hiking boots,当时买的时候还很有些肉痛($140),但现在觉得买得很对,真的是一分钱一分货,穿hiking boots比起一般的运动鞋脚要舒服很多。路上遇到其它hiker的时候,留心观察他们的装备,就专业很多,还有专门的尼龙裤套,绑在膝盖和脚踝上,防止裤管被小路两边枝叶上的露水雨水打湿,很实用。

去Mt. St. Helens的之前,我没有认真找别人写的游记来读,不知道在树线以上就是这些杂乱无章的大石头和雪地,根本没有路可走,沿路只是隔上几十米插着根竿子防止大家走错方向。如果准备好了,带上爬雪山的一套装备,象大多数人走石头旁边的雪地会比在LAVA上爬节省很多体力。另外下山的时候,也可以很轻松地滑下来。

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Post by tiffany » 2007-07-10 9:51

爬这个山对体力要求高么?
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Post by simonsun » 2007-07-10 11:36

真漂亮啊
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Post by xyz » 2007-07-11 11:16

我觉得挺难的,走出树线以后,全是这种乱石,又很陡,爬上20步就得休息几分钟才能喘过气来继续。如果做好了准备,不怕滑,直接走雪地可能会省力一些。以后出行之前一定要做足有关的功课。 :doh:

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Post by 豪情 » 2007-07-11 11:32

直接走雪地, 除非直升飞机上去, 或者受过比较高级的CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING训练, 也不容易啊. SNOW SHOES和SKI 成套装备都很重.

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Post by karen » 2007-07-11 12:29

哗,那只松鼠是棕红色的! 听说几十年前城市里的松鼠大部分是棕红的,但灰色松鼠生存能力强而且比较凶,慢慢的霸占了红松鼠的地盘。所有现在城里看见的都是灰色的。

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Post by 笑嘻嘻 » 2007-07-14 1:35

真好看。 :love011:
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