kknight: Hurricane Ridge, June 2006 (washington)
kknight ([personal profile] kknight) wrote2020-03-05 09:49 pm

Washington Trip Report - part 18 - Rimrock Lake

Continuing west on towards White Pass....

The closer I got to the pass the greener and wetter things got. This is definitely a big change from where I was a few hours earlier. It wasn't raining yet, but it sure looked like it wanted to.

cloudy view


There was a tunnel, which led to forested hills.

looking out of a tunnel


Soon I came to Rimrock Lake where I could pull off the road to take photos in a few places.

Rimrock Lake




The highway goes along a narrow strip between the lake on the right and a rock face on the left.

lake and rock face


roadside rock face


There was some snow on the mountain on the far side of the lake.

bits of snow on the mountain


road with trees


The triangular rock on the far side of the lake is Klochman Rock.

Rimrock Lake and Klochman Rock


Klochman Rock


Further west the lake wasn't very full and there was lots of sand, with cars driving way out onto the sand. There are two vehicles in this photo - one relatively close one on the right and one tiny speck way out by the water's edge.

cars on the sand by the lake


The upper end of the lake barely had any water - just a bit of river running through it.

mostly dry lakebed


lakebed with old stumps




After passing the lake, the highway was surrounded by forest.

forested highway




view of mountains


tree-covered hillside border=3


roadside rocks


looking ahead


roadside trees


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