Mildred Lakes — Saturday, Jul. 17, 1999

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

Yeah, Mildred Lakes is a pretty tough prospect right now. I used the first part of the trail to get on Mt. Pershing. As you may already know, the Hamma-Hamma road is washed out about 4 miles from the end/trailhead. I got around this by packing a mountain bike. The trail is seriously washed out about a mile in, see previous reports and heed their warnings. I flagged the trail on both sides of the washout (avalanche path) with pink tape. Beyond the washout, I left the trail and headed up country, so I can't speak to it's condition, except that there's a lot of snow, and that the trail register seemed to indicate that someone made it to the lakes within the last week. Good luck!