Rachel Lake — Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025

One of the most beautiful trail (to lake) I’ve completed this summer. Almost entire trail twines the Box canyon creek. Many accessible points to the creek/waterfalls.

One caveat - other hikers and myself lost a few times as 1) rain washed trail or turned some trail as a stream 2) wild branches/ leaves grown over the trail 3) indeed some cut trails perhaps by visitors
***if the way led you far away from the creek, it was likely not the right path

Saturday parking - arrived 8:20 many available spots, returned 12:00 still a few available. Perhaps because of the rainy weather yesterday and today.

Highlights by mileage-

1.5 berry fields
—2.5lost, right way is to cross the creek
2.7 elevation start
—2.8 lost, right way is to cross the creek
—3,3 lost
3.4 view of Hibox Mt
—3.5 lost
4 Rachel lake (a gloomy day)