Snoqualmie Lake — Friday, Jun. 15, 2001

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

Our group of five hardy hikers headed for Snoqualmie Lake from the Dorothy Lake trail head. This trip is 14 miles round trip with about a 2,000' gain. At the parking lot a troop of Boy Scouts were backpacking into Deer and Bear Lakes. The trail to the lakes is still a rough one with rocks, roots, mud and water. There are spots on this trail that need some work. Drainage to get water running off the trail instead of down it. After crossing the inlet stream at the head of Dorothy Lake, you switchback over a ridge, hike on some snow and then down to Bear Lake. Up over another ridge and hike along Deer Lake. Both of these lakes are in a nice setting. You loose a lot of elevation going down to Snoqualmie Lake. We found a rock near the lake shore for lunch as the clouds moved in and out. After a bite to eat and a photo op, it was back up hill to get to Dorothy Lake and out to the trail head. We were the only ones this day to hike to Snoqualmie Lake.