Lake Hozomeen, East Bank Ross Lake — Friday, Aug. 6, 2010

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

The East Bank trail in the Ross Lake NRA north from Devil's Junction to Hozomeen is quite pleasant and seems little traveled. Much of it is an interior valley that is in the Lightning Creek and Three Fools Creek drainages. It is very moist in here, with some groves of mature cedar and doug fir, especially closer to the creeks. In many places, mosses cover everything. The trail is cleared well in the NRA--no downed trees, few brushy areas--all the way to Hozomeen campground. The area around Willow Lake is kind of buggy, but Hozomeen Lake is more open. Loons call at dusk and dawn; owls call to each other at night.