blog @ Antlers Vail » Vail fishing http://www.antlersvail.com Condominiums and Conference Center at Vail, Colorado Mon, 20 May 2013 21:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Gore Lake and Deluge Lake Trail Hiking in Vail http://www.antlersvail.com/2011/07/gore-lake-and-deluge-lake-trail-hiking-in-vail/ http://www.antlersvail.com/2011/07/gore-lake-and-deluge-lake-trail-hiking-in-vail/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:49:17 +0000 Tyler http://www.antlersvail.com/?p=8046 Just recently I took a hike up to Deluge lake with a few of my friends around town.  It was a really awesome hike with plenty of great views.  Early on I was a bit nervous because it took almost 45 minutes to really lose site of the highway (which when you’re hiking is not the view you expect).  However, once we rounded a mountain side and started up the valley towards the lake I knew that the hike was well worth it.  It was the kind of mountain valley you would see in a movie with green fields, white rocks, and Deluge Creek running down the middle.  Although it was a more difficult hike, it was well worth the trip in the end.  Definitely wait until July or later to do this trail as when we tried in early June we were stopped about halfway by the 4ft of remaining snow.


View Deluge Lake and Gore Creek Hiking Trails in a larger map

This is a map of the Gore Creek and Deluge Lake trails which leave from the same trailhead right in our backyard of East Vail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gore Creek


View of the Gore Range. This is looking NORTH towards Gore Lake and Deluge Lake trails.

 

]]> http://www.antlersvail.com/2011/07/gore-lake-and-deluge-lake-trail-hiking-in-vail/feed/ 0 Fun Fishing & Some Unexpected Moments http://www.antlersvail.com/2009/09/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/ http://www.antlersvail.com/2009/09/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:56:23 +0000 Chris Ratzlaff http://www.antlersvail.com/3264/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/ We had a surprising moments when were fly fishing this past Labor Day at the end of the Owners Weekend at The Antlers. I was fishing in a small lake up at the end of the Vail Golf Course and some movement caught my eye. I turned and there were two of the biggest “marmots” that I had ever seen swimming in the lake – looked like they were patrolling “their” territory. I was puzzled as I had never seen such big marmots and they were totally unafraid of me – came within abou 15 feet – I thought they were going to take my fly…then one slapped his tail on the water and they both dove under …and I realized they were big beavers, with a nest right at waters edge! They stayed with me while I was there – occasionally slipping into the water and patrolling their territory. What a great experience!! -

From SnowWitch, September 2009

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