Glacier Lake — Monday, Sep. 5, 2022

We just had to get a short hike in today. We wanted a relatively short hike that was close to the house and didn't have us driving through the middle of Packwood during the swap meet. We decided on Glacier Lake. Though the mileage is short it doesn't reflect what you actually do on trail. There are some really nice up and down sections as you hike mostly parallel to the creek. There are some beautiful old trees alongside the path and moss covered boulders as you get near the lake. Watch your head! The squirrels are in full collection mode. We had to laugh at how many cones they were dropping from the trees overhead. Usually the lake shore is basically unreachable but at this point in late summer the water level was low enough to allow us to pick our way over the now beached driftwood down to a nice spot at the waters edge.  While we were at the lake another group arrived and from the sounds of the splashing at least one of them had a nice swim. We enjoyed an early lunch and headed back. We saw 3 groups all together.