Lena Lake — Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

The road to the TH is snow free. We were the first to arrive at the TH, but were soon joined by a group of three. We would see only 4 other groups of day hikers plus 2 who were spending the night for a total of 19 people including us! The trail is mostly snow free with a short section of snow near the bridge which crosses Lena Creek where it flows underground. (We were on the trail a few years ago when there was water flowing over the mossy rocks! This was very pretty!) The most snow on the trail was the .5 mile section after the ledge which overlooks Lena Lake at 3 miles. 2 small creeks in this section were easily crossed. We had lunch at 3.5 miles by the bridge which crosses Lena Creek where it enters the lake. We put on our micro spikes after lunch to walk the snow. These were not necessary, but made walking easier.