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Klister
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Great place
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alaskadan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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| Yeah that's a cool area, used to bird hunt around there. |
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MsTaboo
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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You can still see the various Ice Age lake levels on the hillsides above Missoula as the lake filled and drained several times.
As you drive around the Scablands in eastern Washington you'll see giant boulders in the middle of some wheat farmers field and get a sense of the power.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Missoula Ice Floods.. It's kinda hard to get your mind around when you see all that out in central Washington.
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| Sodo wrote: |
Ancient Lakes trail, in the central Washington scablands.
These are called “Kolk lakes”.
They are leftover “plunge pools”, bored into the lava bedrock by turbulent flood waters
DEEP flood waters…..500 feet deep :shock:
Flowing from left to right in the pic.
Not really a ‘cascade’ when you consider the flood water level was
about 5x above the ledge where the van is parked.
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Watched a great PBS show years ago on how that happened, a collapsing ice dam thousands of years ago.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/about.html
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MsTaboo
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Great shots Sodo, brings back memories!
It's been decades since I've visited that part of Washington; I need to reconnect.
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Sodo
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Ancient Lakes trail, in the central Washington scablands.
These are called “Kolk lakes”.
They are leftover “plunge pools”, bored into the lava bedrock by turbulent flood waters
DEEP flood waters…..500 feet deep 
Flowing from left to right in the pic.
Not really a ‘cascade’ when you consider the flood water level was
about 5x above the ledge where the van is parked.
And miles wide.
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Kam -
Tell us about the "non-Wasserstopper" top covers, please...probably something you sewed yourself...??? 
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Yes, painstaking DIY creations. Dad used a nylon SUV car cover; I used nylon shade panels.
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Kamz, the prominent mountain is technically Little Bear Peak, a separate 14er connected to Blanca by a 1.5-mile ridge. |
Technically, there are multiple 14-ers in that Sangre de Cristo Range Wilderness area. I used Blanca simply because it's the one on the entrance sign and most known.
Back on topic:
2021, "rest area" in the middle of Nevada:
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Nice!
I know that spot and sorry for going OT.  |
No apology necessary! That's a great story.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Nice!
I know that spot and sorry for going OT.
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Thanks for resurrecting this thread! Even with some of the pics gone, it always gets me motivated to finish up and get outta town.
..and here's a vintage wilderness pic from Valley of the Gods, UT.
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Deleted, OT.
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Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
Central Washington channelled scablands.
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Northern California coast in December 2021…
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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A beach somewhere south.... of France
And one of Lucy.
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Mt Laguna, on the way to Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree (Cottonwood)
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Yesterday above the Kootenay River.
Couple years ago. On the cliffs above the lake.
Week ago.
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