Heather Lake — Saturday, Jul. 7, 2001

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Beautiful day at Heather Lake. Trail is generally in good condition, a little muddy in some spots. No snow anywhere near the trail, if you climb up to the waterfalls above the lake there's a tiny bit left. Water is cold but swimmable. There's a maintence crew redoing a lot of boardwalk around the lake, supposedly there 'til the 11th. One more thing: The road appears to have been recently visited by a grader, it's washboarded as always but no potholes at the moment to the trailhead, and the gate there was taken out.