Beautiful Sunday hike. We parked the Prius on the road with one other car around 9:15 am, there were five or six cars that made it to the lot. The trail up was watery and muddy at times, and once the snow started, our spikes helped a lot. We took about 1.5 hrs up, the lake is beautiful. A coupla other small groups were there but we all had plenty of space and solice. We took a lap around the lake, surprisingly it wasn’t too bad. Spikes for sure, we had snowshoes but never put them on. Outside of the bootpath, much of the snow was crusty enough to walk on. We each postholed a coupla times, it was slippery and slushy at times, but doable. We passed a few sneaker-clad parties on the way down who I would guess either wouldn’t make it to the lake, or would only get there but not be able to go around it. And I’m sure they’d have a tough time coming back down in the snow. It can be dangerous without traction. Anyhow, with a good break at the lake we were back at the car by 2 pm. The toilet at the trailhead is disgusting. Other than that, a perfect day!
Us: three gals ages 44-55, avid hikers.
Hike on!!
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