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I was kind of hoping for bigfoot, but deer is probably the safer option. 😅

Not sure of the exact temperature but alpine lakes are generally pretty cold. I've swam in an alpine lake similar to this before and I remember you don't linger to long in the water. Ha Ha!

If you had managed to get that clear a picture of bigfoot instead of the deer, you would be super famous now lol.

The water does look pretty darn icy and seeing as there was snow on that mountain top, I don't think I'd venture in unless I was dared 🤣

Considering it was 49 degrees F when I started the hike, no need to cool off this time. lol.