A little bit late but I figured we'd post it anyway. We hiked Sunday October 8, 2017 from the Thomas Lake TH to a little beyond Blue Lake in the Indian Heaven Wilderness. On the hunt for fall color and maybe some wildlife? We saw two deer bound across the trail and plenty of bear scat.
We began around 8:15am with somewhat socked in conditions. As the morning went on the sun was able to burn through and we had some nice blue skies though they seemed to fill back in in the afternoon. The color was great and there were plumb berries to boot.
We were able to see the East Crater burn from above Blue Lake as well as Mt. Adams, and Lemei Rock. We saw one backpacker at the beginning of our hike, who confirmed the heavy rain overnight, (evidenced by some short sections of flooded trail). We did not see anyone else until close to noon, then within a couple of minutes saw more than a dozen folks headed toward Blue Lake as we were heading out. The lower portion is still mostly green but there is great fall color once you get up to the junction to Blue Lake.
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