Larrabee State Park - South Lost Lake Trail, Interurban Trail, Larrabee State Park - Double Diamond Trail, Fragrance Lake, Larrabee State Park - North Lost Lake Trail & Larrabee State Park - Rock Trail — Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

A very nice hike with a friend today at Larrabee State Park.

Interurban Trail is clear, wide, and flat with some fallen leaves on it. Pretty, otherwise nothing to report.

Fragrance Lake Trail is a sweet little trail, a bit narrower than Interurban. Steeper, too, and quite narrow (maybe more like a footpath?) on the loop around the lake. Fragrance Lake is calm and quiet, though hard to get a good view of from the trail.

Double Diamond Trail is very steep! Its a downhill mountain bike/hiker trail, with a crucial split where it's hiker-only to the right as you head uphill. This section is called Chinscraper and hiking it it is clear why. Was good cardio keeping up with my friend on this section.

The connection between Rock Trail and Double Diamond was very nice, with some clouds coming in and cooling things off. Also provided some great photo ops.

Rock Trail is so lovely. The steps make for great photography and the huge rocks here are incredible. It had been a long time since I'd been here and it was really nice to see it again.

North Lost Lake is where things get mucky. The roadwalk is fine despite some downed trees, but closer to the lake there are sections of "trail" that feel more like swamp. I sank into my ankles at one point! Had lunch at the overlook of Lost Lake - the trees across the way are a nice variety and the lake is, again, quiet and calm and mostly hard to see from trail.

South Lost Lake is quieter, though the open forest in this section and the ferns were so nice! Soon we came along to the road to return to the parking lot off 11

This is a great 11.5mile route!

Photo 1 - Variations of this view on the loop today
Photo 2 - big rocks
Photo 3 - pretty little grotto
Photo 4 - Also saw two gorgeous waterfalls today!