Barclay Lake
Oct 10, 2009
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Alpine Art
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Oct 12, 2009 10:14 AM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- 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: 3.87
- Why You Should Go Now
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- Fall foliage
Barclay Lake - water level looked low
This was my first time on the Barclay Lake Trail and I found it enjoyable and rather easy. The worst part of the trip was turning off Highway 2 with 3 or 4 cars behind me; I lucked out in that there was no on coming traffic and making the turn only required slowing and putting on my signal.
The delights of this trip are the forest (some second growth at the beginning but it gets better within a 1/4 mile) and Mt. Baring which is awesome from the lake shore. The guide said the hike was about 1.5 miles to the lake but it seemed closer to 2 or 2.5 miles. The trail is quite flat (rolling might be a better description) and a hike I may do for an overnight with my brother and his teenage son.
Fall was definitely in the air, temperature at the start of the hike was 40 deg. and it may have been cooler in the lake basin.
The delights of this trip are the forest (some second growth at the beginning but it gets better within a 1/4 mile) and Mt. Baring which is awesome from the lake shore. The guide said the hike was about 1.5 miles to the lake but it seemed closer to 2 or 2.5 miles. The trail is quite flat (rolling might be a better description) and a hike I may do for an overnight with my brother and his teenage son.
Fall was definitely in the air, temperature at the start of the hike was 40 deg. and it may have been cooler in the lake basin.
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Mt. Baring from Barclay Lake
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