Nordic Pass - Hyak — Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019

I attempted to do this hike with my mom and sister after having so much fun on it last year. I went looking for trip reports, only to discover my report from last year was the most recent one!

The parking lot was icy, but my little hatchback did just fine. The trail was pretty well defined from the start, but the route was distinctly different from what I had remembered from the previous year. The trail became harder to follow as the number of footprints decreased and the path wound through trees. Eventually, we came to a well-defined track and we were excited, this must be the trail! We followed it until we came out to a groomed ski slope. I checked Gaia and we were nowhere near the trail and a good distance from Hyak Lake. We tried to go up the slope a ways in hopes of find the trail again, but to no avail. We trekked down the slope and eventually came to the bottom of a chairlift that was not in operation yet. We called it a day and headed to Commonwealth for some lunch. 

I'm not really sure where the trail is. I didn't see any tracks splitting off or any forks in the trail, so maybe this trail needed to be broken. Either way, my pup, mom, and sister still had lots of fun and the tomato soup/grilled cheese combo at Commonwealth was delicious!