Icicle Gorge Nature Loop — Saturday, Jun. 21, 2003

Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area

Very easy, and dry hike to do with the kids on a day when it was raining in Seattle. Camped at the Chatter Creek Campground. Mosquitos starting to come out but kept at bay by cool breezy weather. This is a good geology hike, with interesting rocks and rock formations along the creek and a few sites with lots of tiny garnets (just past the bridge across from Chatter Creek campground, at trail overlook). Plenty of flowers blooming---lupine, candystick, queen cup, shooting star, honeysuckle, paintbrush.