benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - A series of new bridges criss-cross Ribbon Creek
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Larry starts out on the trail. Note the rock helmet, suggesting loftier objectives ahead
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - A Flintstones-worthy picnic table
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Autumn is on its way!
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Larry crossing North Ribbon Creek
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - We follow North Ribbon Creek all the way to the lakes
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The first of many cascades and waterfalls
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The trail continues along the creek
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Ben alongside the next set of waterfalls
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike - scramble - Waterfalls along the way
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The creek cuts through the bedrock
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - An American Dipper near the waterfalls
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Looking up towards where the lakes are nestled
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - From the first of three lakes, Bogart Tower rises on the right
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The first lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The route is mainly on soft, forest trail, there is a short rocky section between the first and second lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Larry on the trail just below the second lake, contemplating Bogart Tower
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Ben at the first large waterfall on North Ribbon Creek
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Ben at the second lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Arriving at the beautiful second lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Larry at the second lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Ascending above the second lake, en route to the third and final lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Ben doing a bit of scrambling needed to get to the third lake
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The massif above the third lake seems riddled with holes...
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - Nearing the third lake, with Bogart Tower in the background
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - From the ridge above, we see the third lake has dwindled down to a pond by late summer
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - A dramatic shot of Larry backdropped by a mountain we didn't climb...
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - The Alpine Larches have just started to turn colour at this elevation
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - We were surprised to see this patch of Fireweed still abloom
benlarhome: Memorial Lakes - Bogart Tower hike / scramble - From the third lake, a view back down the valley