Lake of the Angels

Despite forecasts of lingering winter conditions at higher altitudes six of us set out to attempt reaching Lake of the Angels. Just above the stove line we encountered patchy snow and had to meander along to find the trail, we were obviously the only hikers up at this point in a long while, and perhaps the first of the season. Most of the trail to the climbing portions of the hike including the climbs were clear of snow. Directly after this point we hit heavy snow and lost the trail completely at the point where the trail is somewhat more flat, a meadow in the summer months. Perceiving that we were only halfway to the lake and unprepared for the steeper portion to come, we turned around. Throughout the hike water was obviously abundant with the runoff of melting snow. The weather was generally sunny, with slight precipitation and fog at the higher levels we didn't reach. A month to a month and a half are needed to make it to the lake more easily.