An easy-grade hike that is kind to the knees. I've only done this hike once before about 11 years ago, so my memory of it was a bit foggy. I figured it would be relatively quiet on a cloudy Friday in October, and that was true. Got to the trailhead around 11:15 am, and there were maybe 6 other cars. I never saw the TH toilets until I was leaving and looking around, they are a bit set back from the road (on the north side) but still, funny I didn’t notice them. Around 1.9 miles in you cross a bridge over Lena Creek. It is running underground there currently, but you could hear the stream further down. This is a nice section, I labelled it Boulder Villa. Large moss-covered rocks from a slide that blocked off the creek and created the lake, I think I read.
I hiked to the Lena Lake inlet (3.5 miles). I had intended to cross it to scope out campsites for future use, but I decided to head back to avoid the early darkness this time of year and some possibility of rain.
There are still signs saying Upper Lena Lake is closed, due to smoke, but that’s not really an issue now to my knowledge with all the recent rains.
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