Rainy Lake, MIdddle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail #1003

Sunday, We decided to end our hiking vacation by completing the Rainy lake trail. We had scouted it out several years ago but were unable to finish it due to losing the tread. What a difference a few years makes! The trail now has tread visible all the way. No flagging-Yeah. The traill to the creek crossing and across it is very evident. It still is a boot beaten path full of roots and very steep in places. Rainy Lake is beautiful, lots of solitude but interesting enough a brass plaque exists on a rock on the west side of the lake in memory of a high lake fisherman. The trail is longer than stated in ""Hidden HIkes"" I figure somewhere around 7-8 miles round trip-roughly and very steep, making for sore muscles. I can now add this trip to the completed list and well worth it but not for the inexperienced.