Surprise and Glacier Lakes
Jul 31, 2010
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Sho and co
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Aug 02, 2010 03:02 PM
- Type of Outing
- Overnight
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Surprise and Glacier Lakes
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest
- Trails: Surprise Lake (#1060)
- Avg Rating: 3.38
- Hiking Companions
- Hiked with kids
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
- Be Aware Of
- Water on trail
- Bugs
Took our 9-year old to Glacier Lake. The trail to Surprise Lake is in very good shape. Some minor brushing might be helpful after creek crossing. The switchbacks offer a pretty good workout. Lots of flowers (columbine is very pretty), a little bit of salmonberry, huckleberries are not ready yet.
Surprise Lake is pretty, but camps were mobbed on this Saturday night (despite a bit of rain).
We continued on to Glacier. The stretch of the trail from Surprise to the PCT was clearly rebuilt very recently --- superb job, thanks guys!
Got to Glacier around 5pm on short legs. After a bit of searching, found one (count them, one!) neighbor on the entire lake, and a quiet one at that. Pretty amazing for a Saturday night.
Glacier lake is beautiful, deep, very peaceful. Extremely buggy, though.
Highly recommended!
Surprise Lake is pretty, but camps were mobbed on this Saturday night (despite a bit of rain).
We continued on to Glacier. The stretch of the trail from Surprise to the PCT was clearly rebuilt very recently --- superb job, thanks guys!
Got to Glacier around 5pm on short legs. After a bit of searching, found one (count them, one!) neighbor on the entire lake, and a quiet one at that. Pretty amazing for a Saturday night.
Glacier lake is beautiful, deep, very peaceful. Extremely buggy, though.
Highly recommended!
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