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- From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: Recommendation: a place to go with my father?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.213149.24369@emr1.emr.ca>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 21:31:49 GMT
- Article-I.D.: emr1.1993Jan24.213149.24369
- References: <1993Jan24.200026.1840@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- In article <1993Jan24.200026.1840@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> abl9y@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Andrew B. Lederman) writes:
- >After years of claiming that I am crazy, my father hsa decided that he wants
- >to share a wilderness experience with me. We are planning to go somewhere
- >in mid-July, but don't know where to go. He could probably not deal with
- >carrying a heavy pack for a long time, and canoeing is out, so we are loking
- >for a good place to day trip from a lodge or something. Anywhere in the U.S.
- >is fair game, but we'd prefer someplace in the Rockies. Any suggestions,
- >experiences would be a great help. I have to make this a good trip!
- You didn't say whether or not you minded or hated crowds,
- so it's hard to say...
-
- I'm sure there are many places with day trips from lodges,
- but here's a few:
-
- 1. Jenny Lake lodge in the Tetons - a nice day
- trip is to take a boat across the lake and walk up
- to Lake Solitude (aka Lake Multitude because of
- the large numbers of people). It's a nice walk and isn't
- too strenuous. About halfway up you can go left or right,
- either way bringing you into a cirque surrounded by very
- nice mountains. From either one, you can continue to ascend
- to the tops of the passes. Either way gives you great
- views of the Grand Teton from the back/sides.
- Note - I believe the lodge is quite pricey. You can also
- take the lift up at the ski area to the south and walk north
- along the Tetons backbone - easy walking, beautiful meadows
- and wildflowers.
-
- 2. Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The lodge
- here is also quite expensive, but it is situated in a bowl
- containing many nice trails and beautiful scenery (its in
- behind Lake Louise).
-
- 3. There are also lodges and cabins in Yosemite Valley.
-
- I haven't stayed in these expensive lodges, in fact their
- presence annoys me a bit (especially Yoho), but I imagine
- reservations are needed months in advance, if not a year.
- I don't know of any inexpensive lodges.
-
- An alternative is just to go to any of the big parks and
- do some car camping - reasonably comfortable, showers etc
- and then you can just drive each day to a different day
- hike. I'm sure you can find enough day hikes to keep you
- busy in any of the National Parks - Banff, Jasper, Kootenay,
- Yoho, Tetons, Rainier, Mt. St.Helens, Yosemite, Rocky Mtn.
- National Park. Also don't discount the canyon country.
- There are lots of good hikes in Utah - Zion (my favourite),
- Capitol Reef, etc etc. Ahhhh - my blood is stirring now,
- can't wait to get out west again this summer - 5 months
- to wait.
- --
- John A. Grant jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
- Airborne Geophysics
- Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
-