Diablo Lake
Jun 14, 2012
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geezerhiker
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Jun 15, 2012 03:51 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Diablo Lake
- Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
- Avg Rating: 3.40
Sourdough Creek near the Diablo Lake trailhead was the most interesting item on that trail.
It was cloudy, so I decided to hike the Diablo Lake trail from Gorge Lake. If you like hiking through Salal and ferns, you will like this hike. If you want more, hike somewhere else. Most views are obscured by trees or powerlines. The only flowers of note were some patches of Penstemon on the powerline clearing.
Sourdough Creek looked good next to the trailhead, so when I returned from the Diablo Lake trail and found a signpost for Sourdough Creek trail, I took that trail. That was also a mistake.
I camped at the Colonial Creek Campgound four miles up the Highway. After setting up camp, I hiked the Thunder Woods Nature trail on the Thunder Creek trail. This trail was much more interesting than the two trails at Gorge Lake. There are some blowdowns on this trail, but clearing them is not difficult.
Sourdough Creek looked good next to the trailhead, so when I returned from the Diablo Lake trail and found a signpost for Sourdough Creek trail, I took that trail. That was also a mistake.
I camped at the Colonial Creek Campgound four miles up the Highway. After setting up camp, I hiked the Thunder Woods Nature trail on the Thunder Creek trail. This trail was much more interesting than the two trails at Gorge Lake. There are some blowdowns on this trail, but clearing them is not difficult.
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There were some patches of Penstemon in the clearing beneath the powerlines.
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Sourdough Mountain viewed from the large talus field on the Diablo Lake trail.
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A young deer on the Thunder Woods Nature Trail at Colonial Creek Campground.
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