Snow Lakes
Nov 01, 2009
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terpene
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Nov 02, 2009 03:38 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Snow Lakes
- Region: Central Cascades -- Leavenworth Area
- Agency: Wenatchee National Forest, Lake Wenatchee Ranger District
- Trails: Snow Lakes (#1553)
- Avg Rating: 3.82
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
The Temple, from Nada Lake
I had planned to hike to Lake Stuart, but discovered that the FS road off of Icicle Creek Road leading to the trailhead is now closed (can't imagine why the guidebooks call this a "creek" - it looked more like a raging river to me; I noticed that the road sign actually says "Icicle River Road"). So I wandered two miles down the road to go to Snow Lakes as an alternative.
The trail is in good shape except for the twenty-six deadfalls I counted on the way down (I counted only those requiring some effort to get around) and some shrubbery overhanging the trail on the first set of switchbacks. There is no snow at all anywhere on the trail.
Due to the time wasted on the aborted Lake Stuart hike, and a little time clearing a few of the deadfalls with a pocket knife saw, I didn't make it quite to the Snow Lakes, but only to Nada Lake. Very nice, but no comparison to the grandeur of Mount Stuart, Argonaut Peak, et al.
The trail is in good shape except for the twenty-six deadfalls I counted on the way down (I counted only those requiring some effort to get around) and some shrubbery overhanging the trail on the first set of switchbacks. There is no snow at all anywhere on the trail.
Due to the time wasted on the aborted Lake Stuart hike, and a little time clearing a few of the deadfalls with a pocket knife saw, I didn't make it quite to the Snow Lakes, but only to Nada Lake. Very nice, but no comparison to the grandeur of Mount Stuart, Argonaut Peak, et al.
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The messiest of the 26 blowdowns along the trail
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