Larrabee State Park - Rock Trail — Friday, Jul. 25, 2014

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

Rock trail is a wonderful new trail, but instead of heading towards Lost Lake at the end 1.2 junction, we turned right and uphill. Over a half mile on the left is a small unmarked trail. Actually there is sign there pointing in the direction you just came from: To Lost Lake. Follow that small trail on the left 0.2 miles to the top of Burnout Hill, where a private landowner clear cut his rectangle of land three years ago. Clear cuts make me sad, but the view of the San Juans is the most exquisite and expansive perspective I have ever seen, more so than Oyster Dome. You can follow the logging road to get a view of Lost Lake and Mt. Baker. It took us forty five minutes to return from Burnout Hill to the Cyrus Gates parking lot. Also the logging road will connect with the Burnout Trail which begins off the Fragrance Lake Road. I think it is approximately four miles to the Fragrance Lake Parking Lot. I came from that direction a week ago to Burnout Hill and that road/trail is quite steep at times.