Ira Spring Trail - Mason Lake — Saturday, May. 6, 2000

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

My 14 year old son and I went to Mason Lake the morning of May 7th. Trail is in reasonably good condition. A short ways past the 'road' portion of the trail you have the choice of going two ways. If you take the left fork you head along the stream and it switchbacks its way up. If you take the right fork it heads up very steeply. We took the right fork and it is definitely steep. There was no snow on the trail until you come to the large boulder field. It is still completely covered and is almost impossible to find the rock cairns but there are a couple visible through the snow. The trail continues out the far side of the boulder field and is on snow the rest of the way to the lake. Work your way along the stream valley and you'll get to the lake in a short time. The difficult part is finding the route out of the boulder field if you haven't been there before. Hopefully you will be able to follow someone elses tracks who knows the area. The lake and mountains were just gorgeous as sunday was a crystal clear day.