Wynoochee Lake — Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Olympic Peninsula > Olympia

I could not post here until I logged off Facebook because a window that would not close opened up and blocked my view. I started at the dam and hiked north working my way around the lake counter-clock-wise This was a long cold hike since the river ford was waist deep. The trail has not seen any visible work in years other than nice new signs. Since the trail navigates a maze of logging roads it is VERY good that it is well signed. This is probably not a destination trail but gives one lots of solitude in the winter. I think it would be very noisy in the summer with campers everywhere and boats on the lake. There are a lot of very nice bridges on this trail, but one looked like it was about to fall and another spot looked like it used to have a bridge. It was diffcult to find the trail after I forded the Wynoochee river due to alders growing up on the bank and lack of use. A detailed trip report with lots of pictures is at: http://mosswalks.blogspot.com/2013/02/wynoochee-lakeshore-trail.html