A trip report for Holden Lake. For what purpose, one may ask? Stayed the weekend at Holden Village with some friends but we could not find anything prior to arrival nor info at the village regarding trail conditions so maybe this will help someone.
We started at the Village. The trail was pretty straightforward for the most part, a few trees to crawl over under and bushy in areas. There are at least 5 stream crossings at this writing, and all except for the last are fairly easy, though 2 were kind of a stretch to keep the shoes completely dry, but nothing over ankle deep.
About 1/2 mile or so from the lake snow patches start, are interspersed with bare trail, and while sloppy, poses nothing more than an annoyance.
The issue we encountered started about 1/4 mile from the lake where the snow is continuous, deep, and rotten. There is lots of water under the snow and we both post-holed up to our waists more than once, and ~1/8 mile from the lake (so close!) chose to turn around rather than risk injury worse than the abrasion and bruising already experienced.
That said, the views were fabulous from the trail and there are a lot of wildflowers blooming or getting ready to bloom, only about 2.5 miles up, so still worth the trip.
I think another week, definitely two, the last little bit will be more melted out and not so sketchy.
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SavvyExploring on Holden Lake
Thank you so much for writing this! I have been wondering how this area was thawing out.
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SavvyExploring on Jun 03, 2024 05:07 PM