Larrabee State Park - Rock Trail — Friday, Apr. 11, 2014

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

The trail is the destination. It can be hard keeping your balance while looking up at the rock formations along this route. We made our turn around at the north east end of Lost Lake. On our way back and arriving at the gate at the lower end of the Rock Trail we considered making a loop via the South Lost Lake Trail, the Double Diamond Trail and then dropping down to the Cyrus Gates Overlook-but then we would miss experiencing the rock cliffs on the way back. We took the Rock Trail back up. Most of the mud we encountered was as you approach the north west side of Lost Lake but the short trip to the lake is worth it as the Skunk Cabbage is in full bloom and there was one small area along the trail where there are about seventy Trillium that will be blooming in the next week. We hiked in a low cloud that shrouded the cliffs. It lent a mysterious quality to the trail through the cliffs. The trail is an amazing example of technical engineering (like the steps) aesthetic design.