Lena Lake, The Brothers — Saturday, Jun. 25, 2011

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

The trail to Lena Lake is in great shape! There's just a little water left on the trail about 2 miles in, but nothing major. Lena Lake is gorgeous. This is my second time visiting, and I am looking forward to many more visits and hopefully camping out at the lake. There was a ton of traffic on the trail to the lake, but my friend and I continued on into the Valley of the Silent Men to the base camp for The Brother's climb. We encountered maybe a total of 10 people on this portion of the hike, most were heading in as we were on our way back out. This portion of the trail was very muddy in sections, overgrown and has lots of trees to maneuver around and at times the trail becomes questionable since some of the little orange,blue or pink trail markers have gotten knocked down due to storm damage. I covered myself in bug spray, but didn't notice a single mosquito yet. Thank goodness! Trip stats: Mileage: 13 miles Time: 5 hrs including stops