Started at the lost lake parking lot around 12:30 and attempted this lake a second time. The first time we hadn't left enough daylight to get to lost lake and back but this time we had the later sunset on our side!
this hike is fairly easy and snow free until you get up double diamond trail. It has a nice incline, but there is lots of snow/ice up there. All of the stairs on the descent are covered in ice so I wore microspikes to avoid an awkward fall down all the stairs. My spikes helped me from that point on going through rock trail and then eventually arriving at the lake. The lake is completely frozen over! Looks pretty cool. Only ran into a few people after double diamond. Rock trail also has lots of precarious icicles melting off of the ledges close to the trail so look up every once in a while if you don't want to get clonked in the head by a pesky melting icicle. Got back to the parking lot around 5.
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