East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Sunday, Jun. 11, 2017

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

We went up to Jade Lake on the Necklace Valley trail. The first 5 miles are pretty easy with no snow and minor obstacles. The trail to Jade Lake was pretty difficult for us mainly due to having to be extremely careful on rocks and roots that were slippery. Had a few falls so watch for those if it's wet and muddy which it was for us. The trail is located in the rock Boulder field and is marked with some stacked rocks. You will cross the log that is over the water to get there. It pretty much only went up from there. It was pretty much snow free until you get to the 7 marker. After that it's snow on the trail for the last half mile or so. It was slippery and slushy especially coming back down since there was one pretty steep part. There are some trees down but are not too difficult to cross. The lake was beautiful with about 3/4 still having snow on it. We sat at a dry campsite and rested for a bit before making our way back down. I clocked it at about 17 miles but with the snow we got off trail a few times and had some route finding to do. Should be a couple weeks and the snow will be gone (Hopefully?) The Bugs were out in force so bring bug spray. The road was also on gravel road but the potholes were easily navigated and we were in a Corolla and had no issues.