{"id":292,"date":"2012-06-16T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.derrickzuk.com\/2012\/06\/16\/hike-to-lake-solitude\/"},"modified":"2012-06-16T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T21:34:00","slug":"hike-to-lake-solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.derrickzuk.com\/2012\/06\/16\/hike-to-lake-solitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike to Lake Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey all! Once again Stafford and I have gone out on a hiking adventure together. This time it was just us, and we were originally planning on hiking around Emma Matilda Lake, but due to extremely big traffic slowdowns we decided to go to a closer location: Cascade Canyon.<\/p>\n

To start our Cascade Canyon hike, we begin the all-too familiar hike around Jenny Lake from the String Lake trailhead. We’ve done this hike more times than we care to say. It’s the base hike for lots of common hikes such as Hidden Falls, Inspiration Point, and of course Cascade Canyon. But here’s the beautiful view of the Tetons in “Cathedral” awesomeness. God makes some pretty awesome cathedrals. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Cathedral view of Tetons from String Lake trailhead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Once we get to the horse trail that starts going up Cascade Canyon we finally start some real hiking. Stafford, as always, pushes my hiking legs and lungs to high levels. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We have a relatively easy, snow-free hike until we reach the fork of Cascade Canyon, where we headed north towards Lake Solitude. Now we start hitting lots of snow, but we just trek through it. It wasn’t anything too dangerous since we weren’t on any slopes. The snow was also melting a little bit so it was a good softness that helped us at times get footholds instead of sliding off somewhere. Here’s a few photos of our surroundings once we got out of the trees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Stafford hiking up the trail of snow towards Lake Solitude.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Looking back at the Grand Teton (right) and Mt. Owen (left).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Cool little peak.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It wasn’t too long after when we hit our original “goal” for a good place to reach for the day. There’s this bridge on the trail that goes over the stream running from Lake Solitude down the canyon, and it has a great view of the Tetons. So we stopped, I took pictures, and we did a short video for ya’ll to enjoy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Stream running down Cascade Canyon, looking right into the Tetons!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Panorama to get a little more of the view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Looking up the stream towards Lake Solitude.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n