Soda Peaks Lake — Saturday, Sep. 5, 1998

Southwest Washington > Lewis River Region

It was a nice day for a hike I started early to beat the heat. 7:30 am started out at a brisk pace. The first 1.5 miles is relatively flat. The last two miles is pretty steep with many switchbacks. The trail is within the forest all the way up to the lake, and fairly well marked. There are a couple of temporary yellow directional signs at some of the intersections. It took a little under 3 hours to get to the lake. Besides a couple that had spent the night I was the only one there. It is a beautiful small lake with plenty of fish in it, too bad I didn't bring my fishing pole. Mostly small fish, but I did see one about 10 inches. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout. There were tons of crawfish in the shallows under the rocks. They would have made nice bait if I would have brought a rod.