Dog Lake to Cramer Lake (Trail 1106), Dumbbell Lake, Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section I.1 - White Pass - Chinook Pass

My wife and I took the girls (I have 3 daughters) and left Friday morning for a nice 3 day hike from Dog Lake up to Dumbbell Lake and staying 2 nights then completing the loop back down to Whites Pass on Sunday. The hike itself is beautiful, however, let me give everyone a fair warning... the mosquitos are maddening. As soon as you head in from the trail head from Dog Lake, they come "a-running" for ya. Needless to say, we arrived Friday afternoon but due to the pesky little flying bombers, we quickly packed back up Saturday morning and headed back down. It just wasn't much fun with the constant swatting, and with the kids...

Coming down from Dumbbell Lake via the PCT was a nice hike. However, there is still many areas of snow covering the trail. The snow is hard-packed so you can walk on top of it, but it definately adds to the time spent on the trail. However, what a beautiful hike. We will have to consider going back after the frist major frost up there.