Chain Lakes

All of the glowing adjectives describing this hike in the Mountaineers guide are true! This hike has it all, two major mountains, lakes, tarns, snow fields, blue lake water with small white icebergs floating in it, some fall colors beginning on the ground cover, streams, wildflowers and all surrounded by peaks, ridges valleys and views of glaciers of Mt Baker.

We began at the Bagley Lakes trailhead #682 and hiked counterclockwise along the bagley Lakes. Lunch was at a location between Iceberg and Hayes Lake and then we descended slightly to near the level with Iceberg Lake and climbed along and above Mazama Lake. After passing the Lake we had a small snow field to cross below the north wall of Table Mountain following a ridge trail to Artist Point. We then took the Wild Goose trail back to the trailhead.

After the large permanent cairns every ten feet along the Wild Goose trail and we crossed the road a couple times, it was a bit difficlt to find the trail after it came to a few parking lots.