We had an elevation gain of about 1811 ft. Camp Misery is at 5717 ft and Mt. Aeneas is 7528 ft.
We hiked 6.7 miles.
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| Mt Aeneas is in the background center, as seen from near one of the Picnic Lakes. |
It was good we got an early start as we got one of the few parking spots left at the Camp Misery parking lot. A very large group (18!) of the Swan Rangers were there. Patti, Linda and I were very glad they were taking a different trail than us. Here is a link to their page. They claimed to have broken into smaller groups. One of their photos shows gaps between the people hiking. I guess the gaps make it separate groups.,
http://www.swanrange.org/index.php/articles/blog/swan_rangers_hike_jewel_basin1/260We reached the top of Mt Aeneas around 11 am. We ate our lunches there then descended to Picnic Lakes where we saw several meadows of wildflowers. After spending a little time at the southern Picnic Lake we hiked up and over the ridge and back down to Patti's car.
A very nice day and hike.
Click on the photo/link to see 23 more photos from the hike:
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| Mt Aeneas - Picnic Lakes |
I had hiked to the top of Mt Aeneas once before, back on June 1, 2007. Most everything was covered under snow then.
http://tallpineshiker.blogspot.com/2007/06/mt-aeneas.html
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