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Little Crater Lake, Timothy Lake & Twin Lakes - Mt. Hood National Forest

Welcome to Wanderlust Max and into the depths of Little Crater Lake within the Mt. Hood National Forest. I was excited to camp in the mountains for the first time this year and wasn’t going to be deterred by the inclement weather in store for me this weekend. Since I was to spend the weekend alone deep in the mountain wilderness, I brought some bear spray and tested it out at the campsite. The trails leading from the campground started out relatively clear and easily passable, but as I continued, it became apparent that navigating them was to involve fancy footwork to avoid wading in the puddles. Little Crater Lake is a cold spring with a max depth of 45 feet. The water is a constant 34 degrees Fahrenheit. The story of its formation involves water from an underground spring washing away soft siltstone along a fault line in the earth’s crust. Tempted to dive in to little crater lake? Don’t! The forest service threw a laminated piece of paper over by that tree that reads, “no swimming." Plus I’m sure some sort of lake monster lives down not to mention that you would quickly freeze to death because the water is so cold. I managed to make it through to the PCT without getting my socks wet. From there I arrived at the north arm of timothy lake. Timothy Lake has native plant species with really cool names, such as: Slender Pondweed Yellowishwhite Bladderwort Needle Spikerush Water Club-rush Creeping Buttercup Timothy lake’s 11.63 mi shoreline is littered with campsites, some designated, some not. Look for the sign posts sticking up from the ground near fire pits to determine which ones are designated To my surprise, I came across a large group of campers along the northern shoreline. I figured they must’ve arrived by boat or hiked in several miles. On my way back in the twilight, I noticed a couple of teenagers giggling off the trail in the bushes. When they finally noticed me, they seemed rather shocked and frightened, which I figured they probably seemed that way because the last thing they expected to see at this remote location was a strange man making his way past their group camp in the dark. Timothy Lake is an artificial lake that was formed when Portland General Electric dammed the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River in 1956 for the generation of hydroelectric power. The resulting impoundment flooded Timothy Meadows, an area that for many years had been a favorite of sheepherders for summer grazing. The name of the meadow was derived from their practice of spreading Timothy grass seed to supplement the natural grasses. After hastily packing up camp in the rain I made my way a few miles north to HWY 26 and to the Frog Lake Sno Park in order to hike another section of the Pacific Crest trail to its junction with the Twin Lakes trails in the Mt. Hood Wilderness Gyromitra esculenta – prounouce    • How to pronounce 2007 04 02 Gyromitra escu...   Which I identified by googling raisin brain fungi It can be fatal if eaten raw I didn’t notice much wildlife along the trail, but I was being followed and tracked by a particular species of bird, which kept perching near me and sizing me up throughout the day. The first twin lake on the trail is Lower Twin Lake. I took the time to navigate all the way around the lake to take in the vibe and to see what I could find. I found what I believe to be elk poop and an abundance of different types of fungi – this appears to be Golden Cone Jelly The rim of lower twin lake was still thawing, so I thought I’d be fancy and try to capture underwater footage of the compact snow along the lake’s edge. Of course, standing on the edge of thawing ice along a lake is a poor decision if you want to remain dry, so I took a little plunge into the icy lake. You can see where the ice gave way and sent me into the drink in this shot I believe they are Canada Jays, AKA grey jay, camp robber or whisky jack Highly curious and always on the lookout for food, Canada Jays eat just about anything, from berries to small animals. They tend to be fearless of humans, particularly when human food is involved. Upper Twin lake has features very similar to the Lower Twin, but being higher in Elevation, it had much more snow and ice around it still. ‪@WanderlustMAX‬ Credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromit... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_... https://oregonlakesatlas.org/lake/170... Music by Nature's Eye