Lena Lake — Friday, May. 8, 1998

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

East Fork Lena Creek (also known as approach trail for The Brothers, or ""Valley of the Silent Men"") Lena Lake - The Olympics - Trail in very good shape. Two major blowdowns, in between Lower Lena Lake and the climber's camp for The Brothers (3000'), are the only problems. Snow was reached at 2800', and subsequently made it extremely difficult to follow trail to climber's camp. If you hike this trail this early in the season in the future, here is a tip. At 3000', the trail, paralleling E. Fork Lena Creek on its E side, approaches very close to the creek bank below a small vertical cliff. Just beyond this cliff, the trail takes a rather sharp turn to the W (left) and fords the creek. It's easy to miss this ford by continuing to curve right around the base of the cliff.