Lake Twentytwo - Lake 22
Feb 01, 2010
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Feb 03, 2010 06:18 AM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Lake Twentytwo - Lake 22
- Region: North Cascades -- Mountain Loop Highway
- Agency: Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Darrington Ranger District
- Trails: Lake 22 (#702)
- Avg Rating: 4.05
Mt. Pilchuck towers over the lake
Lake Twenty-Two is the quintessential Cascades winter hike. It's got a stunning alpine lake and old growth forest. It has a beautifully engineered (and maintained) trail. It has waterfalls all along the route, and alpine scenery too. The trail is short enough to do duing a brief winter's afternoon, yet it's long and steep enough to get a decent cardio workout.
Its central location makes it accessible to the whole Puget Sound area, and access couldn't be easier - the commodious parking lot at the trailhead is just a few hundred feet off of the Mountain Loop Highway, so there are no nail-biting drives along snowy and potholed gravel roads. There are even bathrooms at the trailhead.
Right now, there is no snow whatsoever on the trail, and only scattered patches around the lake. It has been so warm this winter that the ice is beginning to melt, so no need to bring your ice skates.
This is a trail to savor from beginning to end.
Its central location makes it accessible to the whole Puget Sound area, and access couldn't be easier - the commodious parking lot at the trailhead is just a few hundred feet off of the Mountain Loop Highway, so there are no nail-biting drives along snowy and potholed gravel roads. There are even bathrooms at the trailhead.
Right now, there is no snow whatsoever on the trail, and only scattered patches around the lake. It has been so warm this winter that the ice is beginning to melt, so no need to bring your ice skates.
This is a trail to savor from beginning to end.
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Looking out from the base of Mt. Pilchuck
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View of Liberty Mountain looking NNE from the trail
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One of the many waterfalls of Twenty-Two Creek
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