{"id":3759,"date":"2012-09-09T20:19:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T02:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2017-07-09T23:36:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T05:36:59","slug":"tr-blue-lake-aug-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/tr-blue-lake-aug-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Blue Lake Hike (Aug 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Lake had been on my list all summer. On a late August day, I met Brooke who handed her dog Koa off to me for the day, and Koa and I headed out for our Blue Lake adventure.<\/p>\n<p>I began at the Oh-Be-Joyful campground.  My car would have made it further up the road.  But, I figured it was nearly as fast just to walk.  So, we walked.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060082road.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oh-Be-Joyful creek and falls were visible along the way.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060205ohbejoyfulfalls.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The falls lie a little past where the road becomes trail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060203ohbejoyfulfalls.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sign states it&#8217;s 3 miles to the Daisy Pass Trail, but it felt a little longer to me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060091sign.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oh-Be-Joyful Valley is always amazing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060094swamp.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060098raggeds.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail passed through both fields and forest.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060106trail.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060123lookingupvalley.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060125swamp.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back down valley.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060132lookingdownvalley.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the valley turned, Purple  Peak, Afley and Oh-Be-Joyful Peak popped into view.  Blue Lake sits in the basin below Purple and Afley.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060137lookingupvalley.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A close up of Purple (left) and Afley (right).<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060133purpleafley.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the trail began to climb out of the valley floor, it passed through a dense forest and by this old well.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060138well.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060141trail.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just before the left turn to Blue Lake Trail, the trail emerged out of the forest to this leprechaun green ground cover.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060146greengroundcover.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heading up toward the bench where Blue Lake lies.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060150upperbench.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 6 miles and two and a half hours, Koa and I arrived at Blue Lake.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060178koa.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking up toward Purple.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060167bluelake.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060169bluelake.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mountain goats hovered on the cliffs above.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060189mountaingoat.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060192mountaingoat.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After enjoying the lake for quite some time, Koa and I turned to follow our tracks back to the trailhead.  Looking down the Oh-Be-Joyful valley from near Blue Lake.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/bluelake_aug2017\/P1060194valley.jpg\" alt=\"Hike to Blue Lake near Crested Butte\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another day of beautiful hiking and exploring&#8230;.  and the journeys continue!<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=28945&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting beneath Purple Peak and Avery in the Ruby Range, you will find the beautiful Blue Lake, a jem that is worth the long hike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crested-butte","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3761,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions\/3761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}