Headed up to Walupt Lake. As always this road is rough but passable to any car. First 2 miles are very washboard then gets better. About 12.5 it is bad again with potholes and washboard. Road improves after turn off to Chamber Lake-Snowgrass Flats Trailhead. Light snow on road started after Angry Mt trailhead. We were the only ones at the trailhead. Bathrooms are open but no tp. Light dusting of snow at lake. We hiked Nannie Ridge about 2.5 miles. Snow steadily became deeper as we climbed and a light snow started to fall. We followed lots of snowshoe hare prints the whole way along with some grouse / ptarmigan prints and elk prints. I love the snow for tracking! Also spotted our first snow spider of the season. We finally started to posthole like the elk and turned around at about 5600 ft. Used microspikes on the descent. Once down we hiked the Walupt Lake/Creek trail. This just had a light dusting. The drive out the snow really was coming down and covering the road. I tagged Glacier Lake as we drove up the road at the .2 mls and were stopped by a long mucky deep rut that can't be avoided as the road is narrow and drops off on one side. One car could park on hairpin corner before the rut but may be best to walk road as it is only 1/2 mile. We also drove Road 52 which is open but on the way home was covered in snow at the higher elevations.

A really nice hike, surprisingly hard for the short distance.

Really enjoyed it. No smoke from the other fires near Packwood.

We just had to get a short hike in today. We wanted a relatively short hike that was close to the house and didn't have us driving through the middle of Packwood during the swap meet. We decided on Glacier Lake. Though the mileage is short it doesn't reflect what you actually do on trail. There are some really nice up and down sections as you hike mostly parallel to the creek. There are some beautiful old trees alongside the path and moss covered boulders as you get near the lake. Watch your head! The squirrels are in full collection mode. We had to laugh at how many cones they were dropping from the trees overhead. Usually the lake shore is basically unreachable but at this point in late summer the water level was low enough to allow us to pick our way over the now beached driftwood down to a nice spot at the waters edge.  While we were at the lake another group arrived and from the sounds of the splashing at least one of them had a nice swim. We enjoyed an early lunch and headed back. We saw 3 groups all together. 

Day hike up through a beautiful forest to an average-at-best lake.

Access. Rd 2110 was in good condition, right up to a partial washout ¼ mile short of the trailhead. Left the car in a pullout there as I didn't want to risk leaving the car stranded, leaving enough room for other cars to turn around, too.

Conditions. No obstacles on the trail, but some steep ups and downs with loose dirt. The lake was very low, could get down to the water by climbing over/around driftwood that might otherwise be in the lake. Two campsites, both at risk from huge trees that looked (and sounded) like they might come down any moment. The trail only touched (but never crossed) Glacier Creek once, ~½ mile in.

Flora & Fauna. Heard (but didn't see) pikas in the rocky lake dam area. Some red huckleberries, not sure if ripe. The forest was very green and mossy, despite the overall dry conditions. Some vine maple with fall colors near the lake.

Crowds. Only one other car parked below the washout at 10 AM. Encountered a total of 8 parties on the trail, all except one as we were heading down.

Found lots of solitude on this short hike. Only one other party early on a Sunday and at the very end, too.
Parked just before the washed out area. See photos for why you should too. The distance to the trailhead is minimal.
It felt like there was more elevation gain on the way out back up from the creek than in toward the lake. Moss-covered rocks might remind kids of Kristof’s troll family in Frozen and are beautiful against the vine maples.