Sean Gillies (Posts about cascadia)https://sgillies.net/tags/cascadia.atom2023-12-31T01:26:21ZSean GilliesNikolaRunning in the Cascadeshttps://sgillies.net/2019/07/11/running-in-the-cascades.html2019-07-11T20:39:59-06:002019-07-11T20:39:59-06:00Sean Gillies<p>Today was my first full day back in Colorado after a week in Washington with
Ruth's clan. My phone stopped charging during the trip and so I didn't take
as many pictures of the Cascades as I would have liked. I took a few during
a short and steep run up a fire road near our rental house on Sunday and this
is the best.</p>
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<p>Looking down Bear Creek to Cle Elum Lake</p>
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<p>I didn't carry my phone on my longest run into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness
upstream from Cle Elum Lake and have to content myself with memories. According
to Forest Service web pages, much of the area is covered by old growth, never
logged, forest. Indeed, I saw many titanic Douglas firs around and above Pete
Lake. Such giant trees are very rare in Colorado.</p>