Fish Lake — Saturday, Jun. 2, 2012

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410

Went up behind bumping lake today to check out the snow level and see if we could hike eiither cougar lake or fish lake trail. The road was blocked by snow just past the fish lake way trail head so we turned around and decided to give it a try. There was patchy snow from the start and mud/water on the trail in places. We made it about 2 miles in before snow and water made the trail inpassable. Lost the trail right near the river crossing but cut across the snow to get a view of the river. Right now the run off has the river pretty wide and running through the trees and snow pack - not a good day for a river crossing. We turned around and headed back at that point. It made for a nice little jaunt with pretty scenery. We actually caught a glimpse of a fox along the rock slides.