Posted by Cory Freeman on July 25, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Went up to long lake yesterday afternoon via the bishop pass trail, south lake side, to do some fishing. Couldn't have asked for a better day, flowers blooming like crazy, thunderstorm, caught fish, and awesome sunset on the way back. Here's the link to some of the pics I snapped w/ the S90. Sharing these to give an idea of the conditions up there. Flowers probably won't last much longer between the trailhead and long lake. Don't know what flowers are like above long lake as I didn't go past it.
Posted by Robert Dayton on July 25, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Thanks for sharing, Cory. It looks like you had a good day in all respects.
After parking, how long does it take to hike to the flowers in the Long Lake
area? I'm considering a trip to the Eastern Sierra this week for wildflower
photography. Will the flowers be past peak in the Eastern Sierra? If
not, do you have some locations that you would recommend? Is McGhee
Creek Canyon past peak? Thank you.
Posted by Cory Freeman on July 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Hi robert, check your email, I responded to it last night late. its only about 2-2.5 miles from the trailhead I believe to long lake. It took me just shy of an hour, and I'm pretty out of shape. So I'd figure hour to two hours depending on your fitness and no breaks. bring lots of DEET!
D E E T .......What's that you say?
I hear ya, Cory. My last trip to Capitol Reef brought the 100% stuff out that really only lasted for about 5 minutes each time.
Back to the photos. This looked like an excellent outing, beyond the skeeds of course. The weather appeared to be perfect from the overall excellent scenes you captured too......thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing the photos. As I only got about a half mile up the trail (due to stoping so many times on the road up to take photos of flowers) it was good to see what was out there. The mosquitos were bad last week also and the only thing that seemed to work was 100% DEET.
Sandy Steinman Natural History Wanderings
Cory,
Very nice series of images. Great flower year indeed. Thanks for sharing. Best Regards.
Posted by Cory Freeman on July 27, 2010 at 9:25 AM
thanks for your comments Michael, Sandy, Paul, and Melody! hope you able to get out there to see these before their gone. I think I went through half a can of 40% deet in just two afternoons! Can't wait 'til they're gone.
Looks good, Cory. Fun time. I used to take a fly rod up to the high lakes. It is a great time when the trout are rising to a dry.
I had a buddy go up to Young Lakes out of Tuolumne last week. He got eaten alive, especially at the upper lake. It seems to be a prime year for flowers and skeeters. Makes sense.
Thanks for the show Cory, well done. Long Lake with its colorful metamorphic geology tumbling as talus off of Chocolate Peak always has an abundance of wildflowers along its fine trail mid to late summer.
Sounds like you and others here need some tips on mosquito season. I've been working in the field up in the Sierra during mosquito seasons for decades as it is often the most beautiful time of summer and rarely get bit. Mosquitoes only really become an issue for me when they are so numerous that they get inside my bellows after removing a lens or the ground glass or are in front of a lens when actuating a shutter release. The trick for that is to draw them off about 30 feet away then run back to the camera to do whatever before they catch up. Every summer I see people in the Sierra all the time that though they have repellent are being bitten. Usually they are simply wearing shorts, cotton t-shirts, and inadequate headgear and stopping to rest during hikes in the wrong places. I have a lot to say on the subject and have often posted advice.
Posted by Cory Freeman on July 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM
thanks harley, I caught that brookie on a bubble and mosquito fly, spinning rod. It's unfortunate that good light coincides with good fishing time, haha. young lakes is an awesome location!
@david: mosquitos weren't that bad really, so long as the deet was working! once it started wearing off they started hovering around the face. that was usually when I was switching out lures and trying to tie a knot, haha! since it was cool out, I was wearing a long sleeve light fleece and long nylon pants. Of course, had to stay near the lake and stream to fish it so no getting away from that.
I'd be interested in hearing any anti mosquito suggestions you might have
Discussion
11 repliesWe're having just an amazing flower year. Enjoy!
Slide Show of Images
Cory Freeman
Blog
Sierra Impressions
bishopweather.com
After parking, how long does it take to hike to the flowers in the Long Lake
area? I'm considering a trip to the Eastern Sierra this week for wildflower
photography. Will the flowers be past peak in the Eastern Sierra? If
not, do you have some locations that you would recommend? Is McGhee
Creek Canyon past peak? Thank you.
Cory Freeman
Blog
Sierra Impressions
bishopweather.com
Melody
www.naturesimages.ca
I hear ya, Cory. My last trip to Capitol Reef brought the 100% stuff out that really only lasted for about 5 minutes each time.
Back to the photos. This looked like an excellent outing, beyond the skeeds of course. The weather appeared to be perfect from the overall excellent scenes you captured too......thanks for sharing.
did you ever try the Vitamin B complex? I recall mentioning it here a while back.
Sandy Steinman
Natural History Wanderings
Very nice series of images. Great flower year indeed. Thanks for sharing. Best Regards.
I had a buddy go up to Young Lakes out of Tuolumne last week. He got eaten alive, especially at the upper lake. It seems to be a prime year for flowers and skeeters. Makes sense.
Sounds like you and others here need some tips on mosquito season. I've been working in the field up in the Sierra during mosquito seasons for decades as it is often the most beautiful time of summer and rarely get bit. Mosquitoes only really become an issue for me when they are so numerous that they get inside my bellows after removing a lens or the ground glass or are in front of a lens when actuating a shutter release. The trick for that is to draw them off about 30 feet away then run back to the camera to do whatever before they catch up. Every summer I see people in the Sierra all the time that though they have repellent are being bitten. Usually they are simply wearing shorts, cotton t-shirts, and inadequate headgear and stopping to rest during hikes in the wrong places. I have a lot to say on the subject and have often posted advice.
@david: mosquitos weren't that bad really, so long as the deet was working! once it started wearing off they started hovering around the face. that was usually when I was switching out lures and trying to tie a knot, haha! since it was cool out, I was wearing a long sleeve light fleece and long nylon pants. Of course, had to stay near the lake and stream to fish it so no getting away from that.
I'd be interested in hearing any anti mosquito suggestions you might have
-cory