Perfect day for this hike!
I’ve added a short 3min video of highlights below.
Road: paved with just 2 well marked potholes
Crowds: 4 cars at trailhead when I arrived at 7am, saw no one on my hike in; 20 cars when I returned at 2pm and encountered around 2 dozen hikers as I hikes out.
Trail: other than the erosion-prone shortcuts impatient hikers keep making between switchbacks, the trail is in great shape.
Wildflowers: a festival of white ones near the lake - foam flowers, queens cup, goats beard, strawberry, thimbleberry, twin flower, bunchberry; roses at lake at peak bloom and rhodies past peak.
Ripe berries: salmonberries especially around the trailhead and scattered red huckleberries along the trail
Critters: chipmunks, sooty grouse, ducks, stellar jay, gray jay, pacific wren, swainson thrush
A wonderful hike!
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