Got to the Parking lot Friday evening and hiked to Myrtle Lake. We camped at the very North end of the lake and it was a great spot to stay close to the trail without walking to the South end.
Saturday morning we hiked to Cow Creek Meadows, walked around looking for wildlife. On the way up we saw Marmots, grouse, and deer. The forest definitely felt like it was on the road to recovery.
From Cow Creek we continued up to the junction of Garland Peak Trail, and we hiked GPT to the upper Larch Lakes. This portion of the trail was very beautiful, it was an Evergreen dream. At Larch Lake the mosquitoes were VERY bad.
From Larch Lake we continued to Pomas Pass - it was very hard. The traversing gave me the willies the entire time. The trail I guess has been washed out because it basically does not exist, and on the steep slope with zero place to kick your feet in, it was very scary. Once you're done traversing and crest the saddle you get the feeling that "you made it" but the challenge still persists since there is hardly any trail and somehow multiple feet of ash to walk down. We eventually made it down to the Ice Creek crossing where we camped (prior to actually crossing since it was midnight by the time we made it here)
Sunday we crossed Ice Creek, water level was relatively low, threw on our sandals and easily walked across. We continued to Ice Creek Trail and we were finally back on a visible trail. YAY
From Ice Creek trail we crossed the Entiat river and made our way back to our car via the Entiat River trail. It was relatively flat, and cloudy so it wasn't overly hot.
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