Talapus and Olallie Lakes

  I've done this hike a number of times but it was never as pretty as today. My favorite part of this hike is the lush green section from the Pratt Lake parking lot to the junction with the Granite Mountain trail. Now the lushness is interrupted by a large clearing with a lovely waterfall on the left and dramatic mountains and a valley on the right. Thanks avalanche! It's supposedly about three and a half miles to Talapus Lake, but it always takes me longer than I feel it should to walk three and a half miles. Today it was quite worth it. I found a solitary spot on the shore where I read my book and snoozed.