Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

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Titogoeshiking
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Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Titogoeshiking » September 20th, 2014, 8:56 pm

Hi,
my best friend and I planned on backpacking up to Ice lake but due to a fire in the area we had to change our plans. We decided to go to Lostine and backpack up the East fork to Mirror lake in the Eagle cap wilderness then out on the West fork of the Lostine river. This turned out to be a wonderful experience! We were very lucky to have weather in our favor. Our dogs Tito and Rudy loved the trip too.
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Kathy on the East fork trail pointing to Eagle cap mountain.
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The boys, Tito and Rudy
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cute cowboy on the trail
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Tito is out.
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Tito is very glad the nest is ready!
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Enjoying a glass of merlot on the granite rocks by the lake.
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Sunset at the lake
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Mirror lake in the morning
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Sunrise at Mirror lake
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Tito (#12) enjoys the scenery in the morning sun.
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at the pass going from Mirror lake to Minum lake
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Minum Lake
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North end of Minum Lake
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Zia » September 20th, 2014, 9:06 pm

I have never been to this area but your photos makes me want to check it out. Beautiful!
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by retired jerry » September 20th, 2014, 9:13 pm

I was there a couple years ago. I am now remembering it from your pictures, thanks :) And that was my first backpack trip in late 1960s.

Haven't heard from Tito recently. Good to see he can do Wallowas trip. Amazing such a tiny dog can do that :D Very cute pictures of him.
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Titogoeshiking » September 21st, 2014, 9:04 am

Zia wrote:I have never been to this area but your photos makes me want to check it out. Beautiful!

My photos don't do the area justice. I really think it is one of the most beautiful places in the pacific northwest.
We want to go back next year and spend more time there. There are over 20 lakes in the area!
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Titogoeshiking » September 21st, 2014, 9:06 am

retired jerry wrote:I was there a couple years ago. I am now remembering it from your pictures, thanks :) And that was my first backpack trip in late 1960s.

Haven't heard from Tito recently. Good to see he can do Wallowas trip. Amazing such a tiny dog can do that :D Very cute pictures of him.
Thanks Jerry! Tito is an amazing little guy. He does better than I do!
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by RobinB » September 21st, 2014, 9:42 am

Nice! What night were you there? We were camped at Sunshine Lake right next to Mirror on Thursday - such a beautiful area!
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Aardvark » September 21st, 2014, 1:43 pm

I had a trip planned to the same area in a week but it is falling through - thanks for taking me there!
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by Titogoeshiking » September 22nd, 2014, 8:37 am

RobinB wrote:Nice! What night were you there? We were camped at Sunshine Lake right next to Mirror on Thursday - such a beautiful area!
We camped at Mirror lake on Thursday night. We didn't even see Sunshine lake....next time we will camp for a few nights so we have time to do some day hikes in the area.
We really lucked out with the weather. We heard that it was super windy the night before with a little rain.
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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by miah66 » September 22nd, 2014, 11:27 am

What an odd photo! :lol:

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Re: Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap

Post by rainrunner » September 25th, 2014, 4:33 am

I'm with Jerry in missing Tito! It's always nice to see what adventures Tito is tackling ~~ yours too.
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