My teenage nephew and I spent three nights at Lower Lena Lake with a day hike to Upper Lena Lake.
Lower Lena Lake trail is a beautiful and easy climb up to a pretty lake with a great view. Once you stop and take in the first peak at the lake, you hike down into the camping area about 1/4 mile down an easy but rocky trail. Many places to set up camp with options right on the lake or up in the woods with some privacy. While the composting toilets are out of order, there is a small pit toilet just beyond the composting toilets to the left, marked with pink ribbons and signs.
As others have noted, the ducks and chipmunks are habituated to humans and spend a lot of time begging for and trying to steal food. We had to make sure to keep our food in a bear canister and a bear bag at all times, so that they would not raid our snacks. The lake is a bit murky on the camping end and had warnings about harmful bacteria, so we filtered our water at the far end at the fast moving creek and it was delicious with no problems from our Katadyn filter.
On day two we did a day hike to Upper Lena Lake. The first half was very easy and enjoyable. You’ll get to a wide creek crossing and that’s where we filled up our water for the rest of the journey. The second half was quite a bit more difficult than we had planned. Very technical and slow going but worth every minute of it once you get to the lake. It was misty, wet, and quite a bit colder up top, so we were happy to have brought layers for the day.
Day three rest and day four hiked out. Perfect little trip. Enjoyed ourselves very much.
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