Lake Dorothy - Lake Bear - Lake Deer — Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

Dual missing bridges to Bear Lake…

It’s unfortunate that the first bridge closure has been there since 2020 adding 4.2 miles one-way to the original trailhead, now 12 miles round trip.
With all of the defunding going on, I wouldn’t expect it to be fixed any time soon.

The trail to Dorothy had 4 blow-downs relatively easy to step over. You can tell the diminished trail traffic as vegetation is slowed to do its thing again, peaceful and humbling.

I haven’t been to Bear Lake in a decade and since the bridge at the Dorothy inlet is decommissioned. The crossing was uneventful, but I’m 6’4 and the water came to my thighs. I couldn’t imagine how fast the water would be flowing had I attempted this hike a month ago.

Dorothy had tons of campsites with two wilderness shit boxes. I camped at either side and went to overnight up at Bear for a few nights.

A ton of people were trail running from the Dorothy TH through the Snoqualmie Lake TH. I saw at least a dozen and only 3 overnight trips.

The fishing at Dorothy sucked like it did 10 years ago, however, the fishing at Bear and Deer was exceptional with fish with Bows and Cutties ranging 11” to 18”!

Overall it was a great early season backpacking trip!