Ashland Lakes — Friday, Aug. 6, 1999

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Hiked into the Ashland lakes trail at 11:00 AM on a drizzle covered saturday. The trail was very easy with new boardwalk in places and mud in others. The campgrounds at Twin Falls are closed until later this month due to trail maintanance crews from the Student Conservation Corp. Camping is available at Upper Ashland and Lower Ashland lakes. The lakes are beautiful, but we bailed out when the downpour became constant, and the thunder and lightning started around 4:30 PM. Overall a very easy, scenic hike fit for almost anyone.