FYI-Black size small Adidas jacket found on trail and left at trailhead sign.
We parked in the large lot about .25 miles before the actual trailhead parking lot which only holds a few cars and will soon be challenging to get to because of snow. Two groups were ahead of us so it was easy to follow their tracks for the first couple miles but then the snow depth makes the route get a little trickier. Be prepared to navigate yourself. At about 3 miles in, we put our snowshoes on as we had started to post hole. We turned around about a half mile short of the lake as we had limited time and wanted to be out by dark.
There are a couple river crossings but we found them manageable. I have poor balance so I slid across one log on my butt. The last mile gets pretty steep especially since everyone just aimed up rather than try to find the switchbacks. No avalanche risk at this point but there are a few places where that may change as winter progresses.
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