TR w/pics: Hike to Rainbow Lake, Whistler

[bigtrubs]

My best friend and I made the hearty little 16km jaunt into and back from Rainbow Lake which sits high above the village across the valley from Whistler and Blackcomb. The lake is amazing and provides Whistler with a lot of its drinking water, therefore no swimming or fishing permitted. The hike is supposed to take 6 hrs round trip, but we took about 4hrs hiking. The best part is when you break out of the forest and hike on a bunch of walkways taking you through some high sub-alpine fields with pretty wildflowers and great views of the surrounding mountains. We didn't take the time to hike the extra 1.5kms to Hanging Lake, but I hope to do that sometime soon. I highly recommend this hike! Next up, Wedge Mountain and the Chief.

Nice little waterfall:


Some of the peaks on the way up:


The aforementioned walkways:


Nice view of Blackcomb and Wedge:


Another waterfall right near Rainbow Lake:


The lake:


A view looking toward the end of the lake:


The girls, taken by my magical self timer on my camera:


Green Lake and Blackcomb on the way down:


Wedge (far right) and Currie and stuff:


All photos taken on my Canon EOS Rebel XT with the crappy kit lens.

[iskibc]

Looks like a fun hike. Always good to see snow on a hike, especially in early September.

I like the 'girls' shot :

[BakerBoy]

You should have worn your party pants.

[bigtrubs]

You should have worn your party pants.

Yeah, so I could have boiled to death!!! Naw, wore the party shirt instead. I love lululemon.... are you familiar?

[upallnight]

Yeah, so I could have boiled to death!!! Naw, wore the party shirt instead. I love lululemon.... are you familiar?

i thought you weren't allowed to wear lululemon outside of a yoga studio (or anywhere in LA)?

[stomp]

nice tr. however, being a mountain geek jong, i'm going to be annoying and point out a couple of misidentified peaks...

Green Lake and Blackcomb on the way down:

mt currie on the far left, mt weart w/ armchair glacier in the middle, and rethel mt on the right. that obvious drainage in the middle is wedgemount creek which you might be using on your wedge hike.

Wedge (far right) and Currie and stuff:

that is wedge on the right, followed by parkhurst, rethel, and weart on the left.

like i said.. mountain geek

[BakerBoy]

Yeah, so I could have boiled to death!!! Naw, wore the party shirt instead. I love lululemon.... are you familiar?

Is that the mating call of lesbians in the backcountry?

[Mofro261]

I dunno. I still can't read it any other way than Big-T-Rubs.

[bigtrubs]

Is that the mating call of lesbians in the backcountry?

I don't get you.



And to the mountain geek- I was too lazy to edit after I took another look and realized how wrong I was with the mountain names. Keep geeking it up, champ.

[BakerBoy]

I don't get you.

That's because I'm a lesbian and you're not.

[bigtrubs]

That's because I'm a lesbian and you're not.

Heh I guess that's true, you like girls... afterall...

[waxman]

amym, is that you?

[bigtrubs]

amym, is that you?

Yep, sure is.

I'm due back in Calgs Monday next week, maybe I'll run into you at MBC as I'm researching freeride bindings!

[waxman]

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