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| Cannot believe we got this prime parking space right in front of the ranger station at 8:50am. Pure luck, most folks were parked a ways down the road. | Great signs here. | Tons of great warnings here, but still every year somebody dies trying to climb Longs. Sigh. | Kodak moment. | |||
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| Nearing tree line looking east at Twin Sisters (another great free hike). | Same location looking west at Meeker on the left and Longs in the middle. | More than halfway to Chasm! | The famous notch to the left of Longs Peak... gorgeous. This is the view from the privy of all places, at the T where the trail splits for Longs vs Chasm. | |||
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| Snowfield on the right is just above Chasm Lake, around the corner. Water in the middle is Peacock Pool. | Peacock Pool. | First glimpse of the waterfalls below Chasm, with top-right snowfield, middle is the upper waterfall, and part of the lower waterfall visible. | At the T. | |||
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| The bottom waterfall below Chasm is pretty spectacular. | ||||||
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| Columbines everywhere here. | ||||||
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| Stopped for lunch just below the upper waterfall. The flat area above the waterfall is Chasm. Nearly there! | Yummy caffeine! | Bob and Sue just below Chasm Lake. | Chasm Lake with snowfields in the background. | |||
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| Very clear water in the lake. | The view of Longs and its vertical cliffs... awesome. | Free trail map at the ranger station. They have great t-shirts too! | Started sprinkling the last 1/4 mile (~2:30pm), by the time we got to the car it was a downpour. | |||
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| Ahhh swapping wet socks & shoes for Tevas after a long hike... priceless. | |||