Arrived around 9am Saturday and took one of the last few parking spots in the lot. Easy drive, paved road to the trailhead parking (just 2 large potholes right before reaching the parking lot but they are marked with orange spray paint).
The trail is in good shape. Moderate uphill for most of it, and mostly in shade, a few trickling streams but not very muddy. We did a one night backpacking trip. Saw a few trail runners, mix of day hikers and backpackers, and several dogs. Hike up took about 2 hours.
Once reaching the lake keep going north to find campsites. Campsites are pretty spacious and spread out, and some areas are good for hammocks or hammock camping.
Also if you keep going north along the trail there’s a sign for the toilet. There’s a large ish creek on the north side of the lake, the trail continues but we didn’t want to do the creek crossing or climb over the logs, but some people did manage to cross over.
Lake is still super cold, you can do a quick plunge but it’s too cold to swim in for longer periods.
Not too many bugs at the moment which is a plus!
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