Snow Lake

Patches of snow were on trail almost immediately after leaving parking lot but were easily traversed. The trail splits, and we took the Source Lake overlook trail rather than directly to Snow Lake. Trail has numerous streams undercutting deep snow. I manage to find myself almost hip deep in a hole. For the most part, snow was crusty and passable. We wore gaiters and had trekking poles. An ice ax could be useful for digging foot steps in step slopes but was unnecessary. Views were terrific and despite the snow conditions it was well worth the 1500 foot or so 7 mile RT hike. A nice resource was plenty of fresh, clean water. We filled our water bottles several times and did not bother filtering it. Source Lake and Snow Lake are just emerging from winter and it would be difficult to reach the shores of Snow Lake at this time. Glacier lilies were numerous but most other wild flowers have not emerged.