You have to head to the east more, toward Bonnie lakes. Dollar is "kettle" lake.. no real outlet just seepage.. if I remember correctly. Nice place to find fossils too. pcjimi
And you remember correctly. You can't see it from Tenderfoot Pass. But after taking your advice and looking more carefully at Google Earth, I went back and looked at some other old photos. That first time at Aneroid Lake, I had climbed Pete's Point. Sure enough, in a shot I had taken toward the southeast and Idaho's peaks, nestled down below was a tiny little lake, right where Google Earth said it should be.
The second trip over Tenderfoot Pass, in 1997, I was surprised to discover that we had to cross an even higher pass (Polaris Pass). It had been hidden in the crease of my map. I think it is the highest pass in Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Now that I've turned this reply into an epic, the experience of climbing Pete's Point was even more memorable. I am pretty sure I met Ansel Adams on that hike. On the way back down, I ran into an old guy (I wasn't old then). He was climbing up with a younger woman behind him carrying a wooden tripod with a large frame camera. He didn't introduce himself, but asked how the view was from the top. It was the summer of 1980, just a few weeks after Mt. St. Helen's eruption. There were still some aftershocks that spewed out more ash, and the skies to the north weren't very clear. I told him so, and he turned around. I related the story to a friend who knew more about him than I did. Found a portrait, and it matched pretty closely. My claim to fame in landscape photography!
Must have been exciting. I don't ski by design, but I did once. Have you ever been up to Echo Lake on the Hurricane Creek drainage? I hiked up there in '82. Then decided to go higher to see Billy Jones Lake. What the heck, why not climb to the top of the ridge and gaze into the Lostine Canyon?
Rather than walk back down the slippery rocks, I chose to slide down a snow chute. No ice axe, of course. I got going so fast I couldn't stop, but was able to guide myself to a finger of rocks that protruded into the snow. Hit them pretty hard. My Sierra cup came off my belt, bounced twice and went over what was about a 200 foot cliff.
I was hiking alone. Left my wife and kids back at Wallowa Lake. This was a side hike that I hadn't planned. Except for those rocks, not sure anyone would have ever found my body.
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pcjimi, on January 30, 2008, said:
Sorry... I commented on location being Jewette Lake.. The location on google is really Dollar Lake. pcjimi.
donwadkins, on January 30, 2008, said:
Thanks for the correction. I didn't see Aneroid Lake in the shadows on the Google Earth photo.
Dollar Lake must be on the headwaters to Aneroid Lake, but I didn't find it when I hiked over Tenderfoot Pass. Perhaps it is seasonal?
pcjimi, on February 1, 2008, said:
You have to head to the east more, toward Bonnie lakes. Dollar is "kettle" lake.. no real outlet just seepage.. if I remember correctly. Nice place to find fossils too. pcjimi
donwadkins, on February 2, 2008, said:
And you remember correctly. You can't see it from Tenderfoot Pass. But after taking your advice and looking more carefully at Google Earth, I went back and looked at some other old photos. That first time at Aneroid Lake, I had climbed Pete's Point. Sure enough, in a shot I had taken toward the southeast and Idaho's peaks, nestled down below was a tiny little lake, right where Google Earth said it should be.
The second trip over Tenderfoot Pass, in 1997, I was surprised to discover that we had to cross an even higher pass (Polaris Pass). It had been hidden in the crease of my map. I think it is the highest pass in Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Now that I've turned this reply into an epic, the experience of climbing Pete's Point was even more memorable. I am pretty sure I met Ansel Adams on that hike. On the way back down, I ran into an old guy (I wasn't old then). He was climbing up with a younger woman behind him carrying a wooden tripod with a large frame camera. He didn't introduce himself, but asked how the view was from the top. It was the summer of 1980, just a few weeks after Mt. St. Helen's eruption. There were still some aftershocks that spewed out more ash, and the skies to the north weren't very clear. I told him so, and he turned around. I related the story to a friend who knew more about him than I did. Found a portrait, and it matched pretty closely. My claim to fame in landscape photography!
pcjimi, on May 30, 2008, said:
I first went up petes point in 1979. I have returned several times. Skied off of the east side in April of 1999.
donwadkins, on May 30, 2008, said:
Must have been exciting. I don't ski by design, but I did once. Have you ever been up to Echo Lake on the Hurricane Creek drainage? I hiked up there in '82. Then decided to go higher to see Billy Jones Lake. What the heck, why not climb to the top of the ridge and gaze into the Lostine Canyon?
Rather than walk back down the slippery rocks, I chose to slide down a snow chute. No ice axe, of course. I got going so fast I couldn't stop, but was able to guide myself to a finger of rocks that protruded into the snow. Hit them pretty hard. My Sierra cup came off my belt, bounced twice and went over what was about a 200 foot cliff.
I was hiking alone. Left my wife and kids back at Wallowa Lake. This was a side hike that I hadn't planned. Except for those rocks, not sure anyone would have ever found my body.