Greider Lakes — Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

What a great hike, as others have commented, this one reads like it is a throw away hike, but no it isn't.  It was pretty wet, after a couple of day of rain, so the trail was muddy and there were streams running down it in many places, so shoe or boot selection is important this time of year.  The hike is easy for the first half, then up 2000 ft.  My gps said 10 miles round trip, that was to the end of the trail at the campsites at Big Greider.  The views at the two lakes were amazing.  There were no real bad trail obstacles, one tree you have to slide under and the place where there was a big blowdown reported in much earlier trip reports.  DNR crews have cleaned the trail up and made a small reroute for the downed tree, marked with tape.  All in all it was steep but pretty easy getting to the top.  I also saw them (DNR) heading towards Boulder lake trail so that should be open soon.