Townsend Mountain, Barclay Lake, Eagle Lake
Oct 03, 2009
by
Norm
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last modified
Oct 04, 2009 04:23 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Townsend Mountain
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Avg Rating: 5.00
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Barclay Lake
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Skykomish Ranger District
- Trails: Barclay Lake (#1055)
- Avg Rating: 3.84
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- Hike: Eagle Lake
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest - Skykomish District
- Avg Rating: 2.50
- Why You Should Go Now
- Fall foliage
- Be Aware Of
- Mudholes
- Water on trail
Angel wings
The weather forecast was favorable so we headed out to the Wild Sky Wilderness area for some exercise and to summit either Merchant or Townsend. Bush wacking up to Merchant was out after seeing how wet the vegetation was so we opted for Townsend since there is a trail much of the way. We bypassed the Eagle lake cabin going in and encountered very wet brush circling to the SE side of the lake and then up throught the boulder field. We made the mistake of continuing straight up over the, often, wet or icy slabs of rock and then gained the ridge around 5300' and continued on toward the summit. We turned back at 5400' since it was slow traveling on the slippery rocks and snow. Coming down we avoided the slippery rock and went down lower on the ridge, at the first tree-line, and cut back under the slab area and over to the well-used gulley.
We stopped at the cabin, since we saw smoke coming out of the chimney. We encountered several inside warming up with a fire. The cabin has been well cared for by someone. It use to be private and was locked for many years but now is open to all. After lunch there we continued down to the trailhead taking pictures of mushrooms along the way. Angel wings are at their peak right now. The trail to Barclay lake is in fine shape and the trail to Eagle lake is not too hard to follow, but not maintained. After Eagle lake a climbers path is visible through the brush and the boulder field is marked to the gulley/stream bed above.
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We stopped at the cabin, since we saw smoke coming out of the chimney. We encountered several inside warming up with a fire. The cabin has been well cared for by someone. It use to be private and was locked for many years but now is open to all. After lunch there we continued down to the trailhead taking pictures of mushrooms along the way. Angel wings are at their peak right now. The trail to Barclay lake is in fine shape and the trail to Eagle lake is not too hard to follow, but not maintained. After Eagle lake a climbers path is visible through the brush and the boulder field is marked to the gulley/stream bed above.
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