It was a great day for the hike,although there was still plenty of snow on the road leading to trail head. Walked the trail around the lake but could not complete the loop because of snow.Will definitely go back in summer when the snow is gone.It is really pretty lake ,very scenic!

The goal for today was to get out on the trail for some fresh air and not get our feet muddy. Gold Creek Pond turned out to be AWESOME for today, though I'd love to come back in the summer and see it against the blue sky. The one mile path is PAVED around this manmade lake (used to be a gravel pit). POURING RAIN and totally FUN! It was cold up there, though and we saw a little (tiny) bit of snow, too. The lake itself is gorgeous and apparently quite deep. It was perfect because of the pavement-no mud. Even though we each had our own custom-trimmed garbage bag (!) we got pretty wet. Well, everyone except my daughter who enjoyed Gramma's umbrella. The challenge was keeping the camera dry in the moisture-laden air, I'm going to have to think on that one. About half way around (we went counter clockwise), there's a peninsula. We walked out to the end. Gramma found a few rocks and the kids enjoyed "kerplunking" them into the water. A few vine maples were in brilliant fall color against the dark hemlocks and gray sky. Super easy to find, vault toilets at parking lot. Easy, flat walk with beautiful scenery!

The color is at it's height now. The vine maple patterns are varied and simply amazing - yellow leaves with red veins, brown leaves with green veins, red leaves with green veins - simply awesome. Lots of salmon in the creek. We walked around Gold Creek Pond, and then continued onto the Gold Creek trail to the brilliantly colored slopes about 1/2 a mile in. We didn't go farther - didn't need to - we spend so much time enjoying the colorful landscape, and we were there to just roam, not do a big excersize hike! THIS is THE place for fall color!

Great day for it, although still a little smoky from the forest fires near Wenatchee. Using a manual wheelchair there were just a couple of places where a bit of a push came in useful. It would be easily done solo in a powered chair. Saw 6 other people and 2 dogs enjoying the trail. Didn't take a picnic lunch with me but it would be a great place to savor one at the picnic benches on the shores of the pond. Great conversion of an old gravel pit and a wonderful location right next to I90 for a break from driving ; )

The completely paved trail is clean and smooth. A wheelchair or walker would have no issues at all completing the loop. It was a very pretty Friday evening and I only saw one other person.