Hiked the Dingford Creek trailhead towards Hester/Myrtle Lakes but took the boot trail to Horseshoe lake.
The boot trail to Horseshoe lake is hard to find at first but look for the stream to cross the main trail and then a large hemlock tree on left of the trail. If you pass 8' high flat sided granite boulder on the left you've gone to far. The trail is very faint at first but follows closely to the right side of the outlet stream and after a couple of hundred yards, it becomes more obvious.
The trail is very step at the start, then just plain steep and gets more gradual as you approach the lake. Probably 1.5 miles to Horseshoe lake, 30+ blowdowns to contend with and some brush. The trail be difficult to follow when fallen trees cover the trail but stick with it and you'll find the trail again.
The lake is very pretty with 2-3 good campsites and some small grassy meadows on the edges. Take the boot trail about 1/3 of the way around the lake going counterclockwise to get to Goat lake which is also nice and has at least one good campsite right as you reach the lake which is a short scramble up from Horseshoe and about 500ft more elevation again.
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