Lena Lake — Monday, May. 11, 1998

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

Spent a couple of soggy days in the valley of silent men, being the men with soggy packs. Trail conditions are good up to the 3,000 foot level of the climbers camps. Spotty snow at 3,000 quickly becoming full coverage at about 3250. The trail around the blowdowns is nicely done and a lovely walk it is through the ""silent men"" Wandered to just below the lunch ledges at about 5,000 on the S. Brother when visbility closed in and we heard and felt a seemingly close avalanche. As we were traveling in a rather well used snow chute and could not see more than a 100 feet through the fog, we ambled back to camp to find our sodden camp a little more sodden. Hot tea spurred us to pack up and find warm beds with our loved ones. Sorry to have missed the group of 42!!! day hikers up to Lena lake we noted in the trail log. Lots of notes at the trail head about breakin's. Reportly 10 cars were broken into on the night of the 10th and over 20 since the first of May so say the notes. See ya around.