Barclay Lake — Saturday, Jan. 31, 1998

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

We headed out mid morning for Barclay Lake. Road 6024 was clear up to the 3 mile mark but we had to abandon the car at that point and hike the remaining mile to the trail head. This mile of the road had 6 to 12 inches of snow. The trail itself was about 50/50 snow. Some af the bare areas were a little muddy, but overall it was pretty easy going. We hiked the 2 miles in to the lake catching glimpses of Baring Mountain along the way. We ate our lunch at the shoreline of the iced over snow covered lake. For the next hour and a half we were fortunate enough to witness 3 or 4 avalanches from the side of Baring Mountain. It was spectacular!