Talapus and Olallie Lakes — Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2002

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

Took my daughter on a favorite hike to see just how bad the snow conditions were. Trail to Talapus is in excellent shape with some minor snow just before the lake (snow patches at Wilderness Boundary). Lake itself is melted out and camp sites are snow free. Continued on toward Olallie Lake, switch backs up ridge from Talapus are snow free, but once off these swithcbacks, there is significant snow. Continued for about 1/4 mile then decided to turn around. There were two hikers/climbers ahead that were having route finding problems and the snow conditions, while not bad sent us back to Talapus. My guess is that this area and trail to Olallie will be snow free in two weeks, if we have more warm weather.