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<br />III <br /> <br />'0 <br /> <br />Loveland Dally Reporter - Herald: July 20. 2006 -Page 1b <br />Circulation: 18.000 dally. 19.000 SUnday <br /> <br />1 <br />J <br />-! <br />1 <br />1 <br />-4 <br />1 <br />,u;j <br />j <br />J <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />J <br />~I <br />11 <br />IA1 <br />4 <br />.. <br /> <br />1 <br />, <br />1 <br /> <br />i <br />~ <br />J <br />i <br /> <br /> <br />~..L..w.I"., ,. I . to. I <br /> <br />I . is. 1 <br /> <br />I. ,.1'-. I <br /> <br />I.~ <br /> <br />lilt hie <br />to". <br />.... <br />"'foI- <br />I..... <br />'.7_ <br />lnIIlIIol <br />...... <br />- <br />2,OIlO <br />r..tto <br />tIltlllle. <br />CUr.,q <br />....liru <br />OIl. <br />-.. <br />..tilt <br />_but <br />tIltflot <br />- <br />_tilt <br />IIIIe <br />..... for <br />. good <br />pknIc <br />spot. <br />.....' <br />- <br />- <br />lIIIftI. <br />""'" <br /> <br />not? <br /> <br />Ypsilon Lake hike hard work, but well worth the effort <br /> <br />Dr M'N DEPPERSCUMIDT <br />1tfPoIn'Bt-11Jlft.\LD SrAJ:p \Y8m!ft <br /> <br />Lawn take (about six miles from the <br />=:,ea:~~~I~~~ Y,t~;l~ <br /> <br />CI'OS$ the river via a wooden brtdge. <br />Then the pam. hits. _ "iii... <br />case huUt Into lite side of the hill - <br />whe", the dImb ...ny begins. <br />Mos' of the Il'aiI b surrounded by <br />dense lodgepole pines, nWdng 11 dif- <br />ficult to see me surrounding Mwn. <br />my Mountain :Range. But e..oety now <br />and 1hen. hikers come 10 a clearing <br />,,1m. postcanl-p/clure views Dr lb. <br />mountaim. <br /> <br />l'pIIlonlolle....._illmll1e <br />_L*-..LllRU.l.J4_.. <br />1l1e1llciy__M-. <br />TlI\ldgil",~It>oI!.Tht_ <br />poIiog lac ~""JU"" ""... III <br />1l1edgil. <br /> <br />One of the best vie\\'S is al CUp- <br />munk Lake (more of a pond Ihan a <br />Ial<eJ. There, hike", con see YpsiIon <br />Mounlaln and the Y.m.ped $lIOW <br />formation on its side. YpsiJon got it$ <br />name because or that snow shape- <br />Ypsilon Is Greek for the leuer ""I," <br />Alter Chlpmunk We, the ttaiI de- <br />scends oharply aboul . hall mile 10 <br />Ypsilon Lake. <br />There ant no firGS or camping aJ. <br />bved al YpsiJon Lake. but the Oat <br />boulders near Ihe waterfall that <br />rushes InIO lhtt 13ke mate for 3. nke <br />picnic orea land)'O\l will be hungry!, <br />.,,'s a fP)d wortout roryour <br />hevt; Wellman said. <br />She hod hiked to YpslIon Ulke last <br />week _ twO other friends liDm <br />Boulder. Karen Louis and Maria <br />Richmond. The three had a guide- <br />book of wIIdIIowe.. and hod stopped <br />alme lake io admlte the Oowers. <br />"The lake Is jllS. g<lIgCOIIS." Rich- <br />mondsaid. <br /> <br />",] Barb 1b~'W1lIglI of Millikeo Iw..d <br />lilt lniIlI Yp< wilb Btyan Nakapwa of Fort Collins <br />....laliI H- last Wllek 10 YpsiIon Lake Nakapwa <br /> <br />::= ::':G~a~:-':;"'~ <br /> <br />-. -. about a 16-mDe IIl!k - and "' <br />tilt...... We . lboughl.l\l beller gel some hikes In." <br />= I h.soid wi.h.laugh. <br /> <br />Tl8l.11IUidll' <br />of tIlt_ fmIIltlt, 1Id1r_ __ <br />st111boIr the .... ..... lnif, oM of _. head bad! <br />tGGllthe llIt1lt_IoIl__looIdogfor <br />1IiOd. _..ypsiloa..... <br /> <br /> <br />ROQ..'Y MOUNWN NATIONAL <br />PAJU( - This hike will get )'0"' heart <br />pumping. <br />"I. divides Ibll'" who like to hike <br />and those who sana hike,- said <br />Kalby WoUman of Boulder, <br />Ute hike to Ypsilon Lake follows a <br />4.7.miJe rraa that ascends abou( <br />2.000 reel 10 die lake. <br />Bu( 11'5 worth dle climb (0 escape <br />ihe l00.degree meJrer we've had <br />lately in the lower CJeY"dllons.. <br />Ule lr.ul starts out m a climb. but <br />ftaUen.s OUl as it f01l0\.." lhe Roaring <br />River. 1ber:e are still $WIt reminders <br />of Ibe 1982 lawn lBke.floCld'- <br />steep. vegetation-1m drop.offs from <br />lhe tIaillQ the river '\\ilh rocb that <br />look UkethcYre caught in mid~id~ <br />About 111: miles iilfo the traiJ. the <br />path Yeers olf in two directions. To <br />lhe right, hikers can continue io <br /> <br />UlIIIFYOU Go <br /> <br />