Nosh Nosh Wahtum — Friday, Jul. 27, 2018

Rating:  2 of 5 stars
My opinions:  Below average hike.  Not too difficult.  Not very good views.  Lake is nice, but compared to Lake Ingalls (a 5 out of 5 hike, but it is more difficult).  Not worth the drive. 
I don’t recommend this hike, unless maybe (1) you have kids or (2) live close to this trailhead.
Parking & Road Conditions: Overall bad.  The road to the trailhead is wash boarded.  In a Subaru Forrester, it took us an hour from Cle Elum to the trail head.  However, the road is passable for sedans, if you go slowly.  Parking was pretty crowded at 10:30 on a Friday.  Maybe 6 spaces left.  This parking area has about 6 trail heads leaving from this area.
Snow:  None.
Trail & trail conditions:  Fine.  The the Cathedral Rock trailhead, which is the first group of parking areas.
Bugs:  Mosquitoes were an annoyance, but not too bad.  I had on DEET and they did not bother me.  My hiking partner did not put any DEET on and he got bit around the lake.
Time: Two 60 years old took about 5.5 hours total.  This included walking around the lake twice.  We got to the rocks and turned around, then went back to the rocks the other way. 
Views:  Okay lake views. 
Tip:  The only nice view from the lake was next to the rocks, which was half way around the lake.
Flowers:  Some wild flowers at the very beginning, next to the parking lot.