Valentine's Day at 8000'

[mtwarden]

My wife wanted to do something special on Valentine's Day, so I said how about a fancy meal? in the Crazy Mountains

headed in the Crazies from the east side, we've experienced two weeks of well above temps and the results have been pretty dramatic, looks like April instead on February

I was worried we might not have enough snow to pull the pulk, that worry was eased when we were forced to park a mile and half from the trailhead as the road was choked full of snow; on the flip side that was going to make a tough 5.5 mile trip, 7 miles.

taking a break a couple miles in, the climb into Twin Lakes is really tough- it just keeps climbing and climbing, but I knew it was going to be worth it

bridge over Big Timber Ck

looking down the drainage

Granite Peak ever looming

getting higher

my worries of lack of snow were unfounded, is this what they call a snowbridge?

finally Twin Lakes

melting snow

oh and that fancy meal I promised: filet mignon, lobster tail and seasoned fingerling potatoes

snug as bugs

got a fresh 6" of snow by morning

morning chores

wife is happy with her mocha

a good time had by all

 

[MrFixIt]

You just don't see filet mignon and lobster tail out on the trail everyday, way to go!

 

[fmajor007]

Outta the gate, I gotta say you really set the bar high on this one!

Well done!

OK, now down to business.

DO NOT let others' wives/GFs see this thread! This is clearly a NSFH (Not Safe For Husbands or boyfriends) thread and in obvious violation of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" by-laws. Do you realize not everyone can cook on the trail (or are willing to learn.....)?

You're setting us all up for a potentially painful and unfair inquiry/comparison here! Valentines Day is the EZ points "holiday"! Buy a card, some chocolates and flowers and SCORE!!! But NOOOOO - you gotta take the Mrs. up into beautiful snowcapped mountains and grill fillet and lobster.

TURN COAT!!!



Of course just kidding here. Congrats on a love/relationship well celebrated.

 

[B34NS]

Great photos! Diggin that menu too!:thumbup:

 

[Hawkeye5]

good post. you guys look like you had a great time. Is that a Purcell grill ? I have the one with out the wire mesh.

 

[mtwarden]

thanks gents!

fmajor- that's too funny

good post. you guys look like you had a great time. Is that a Purcell grill ? I have the one with out the wire mesh.

yup- Purcell grill, I got the mesh because I'm normally grilling cutthroats w/ it, but it worked equally well w/ the steaks and lobsters

it was a little bit of a challenge, the snow was ~ 5-6' deep where we were, so there were no rocks to use for the grill, I ended up cutting a small green fir to use to hold the grill up, of course the fire soon began to sink, but the green logs didn't- I had to keep tamping (carefully) the green logs down as the fire sank to keep the grill the right distance from the fire, worked really well- might have just been lucky too

 

[I.N.F.K]

That's definitley a unique valentine's day

 

[jds1]

How cool is that!

Jeff

 

[Shotgun]

Nice! Everyone should cook a fancy meal while camping at least once. Al fresco has a whole new meaning.