Colchuck Lake had been on our list of To-Do hikes for quite awhile now and finally had a chance to give it a try. Finding the trailhead was pretty easy, as there was a sign pointing towards Stuart Lake off of Icicle Creek Road. The road is definitely a washboard but we didn’t have any problems getting to the trailhead. Arrived at about 9am and beat the crowds we would see later in the day. Steady increasing grade for the majority of the trail, did get steeper after the cut off for Colchuck.
We were about 100 yards away from the lake when we came across a Mountain Goat and her small baby; after a minute of picture taking it started coming our way and staring us down. At that point we got the hint and retreated down the trail, waited about 10 minutes for her to move along.
Colchuck Lake was gorgeous! Still enough snow on the slopes to make for some excellent pictures. Made it to the lake in about 2.5 hours, back down in 1.5 hours.
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