This was a short preview hike as I plan to do the full hike to Greider lakes later this summer. I had planned on a different adventure this day but it fell through due to weather and a complete lack of a trail. (Long story) So I decided to do a quick scout of the Greider Lakes trailhead and ended up taking a short hike on a portion of it. I did not get started until 2pm, thus the short preview hike.
I went just under 1-1/2 miles to the Bear Creek day use overlook, well short of the reflecting ponds. I had never been to Spada Lake or knew anything about it. Very interesting to find this large reservoir that supplies the majority of municipal waters to Snohomish County apparently.
It had been raining most of the drive up, which was on a pretty good gravel road for the last 8 to 9 miles. I have a Subaru Forester and did not have any issues on the road and think just about any car could drive on it.
Very quiet trail and nearly empty parking lot on a Wednesday afternoon. Only one other car in the lot. You are supposed to stop and register at a pullout a little before the trailhead parking. Parking was free and plentiful this day.
The trail was in great condition. Slightly overgrown in a few areas but nothing too bad. Mosquitos were around but not bad until I tried to eat lunch at the Bear Creek overlook. I had to give that up as they all seemed to know I had stopped there and was an easy target.
I especially enjoyed the first 1/10th of a mile of the trail. It was through a little forest glen area with a ton of moss on the ground and trees. Water crossings were either negligible, dried up or spanned by bridges between the parking lot and the Bear Creek day use area.
I'm looking forward to going back for the whole trail and getting up into the mountains to see the Greider Lakes!
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