Hester Lake #1005.1

On July 17, took Dingford Creek trail with Hester Lake as destination, trail is outstanding until junction to goto Hester or Myrtle Lakes. From there, the Hester Lake trails becomes difficult quickly, with stream crossings, blow-downs, a very muddy or flooded trail in places. After Crossing Dingford Creek, the way is okay for about one-half a mile, before it opens up into a marshlike meadow, braided by streams and melting snow. Multiple slabs of snow at varying depths cover most of the basin on either side of the meadow. From here, the trail completely disappears. It was not at all clear where to go. For this reason, I turned around. There was nobody else on the Hester Lk trail that day.