Colchuck Lake

The stories you hear on the trail can sometimes be as interesting as the trail itself. "Snow on the tent, hellacious weather, practically blown off the mtn., tweaked back waiting for help, great hike" We heard all these comments fron hikers coming down from the lake. Most came over from the Enchantments and down Aasgard Pass. We however, just hiked into the lake. I was expecting it to be tougher, but thanks to hikeathon, I may have been in better shape, or more likely, my buddy and I hadn't seen each other for 9 months and we just talked so much we didn't notice! Once at the lake, the main trail is a little hard to follow amoung all the social trails leading to campsites. It is worth following all the way to the big boulder field at the other end. The trail for Aasgard takes off from the end of the boulder field. We heard the views were fabulous, but it was cold and windy and even a few snowflakes were falling. Mere dayhikers, we had a hot shower and a glass of wine, and a warm bed waiting for us. Hope those backpackers had their longjohns on!