Lake Dorothy - Lake Bear - Lake Deer, Snoqualmie Lake — Thursday, Jul. 11, 2002

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

Lake Dorothy was beautiful as always. The road sign for Miller River Road was missing at the turnoff south of Money Creek Campground. The logging road is in excelent shape all the way to the trailhead. The few bugs there were didn't seem to be biting. There was one blowdown mostly blocking the trail just below the lake. With all the fresh snowmelt, the water is a bit cold yet for long swims and the outlet streams are as high as I have seen. Trail crews have done quite a bit of work up to the lake lately & were seen at the south end of Dorothy. The trail was wet & muddy (typical) to the lake but can easily be done in tennis shoes. We rafted to the south end so have no info on the trail along the lake. The eastern most island at the south end of the lake has a pair of hawks taking care of several babies in a large nest on the very top of 80' broken off snag. They should be quite visible from the trail. From a group heading out, I heard the trail to Deer & Bear lakes still has snow and the lakes are mostly frozen over. Snoqualmie Lake was thawed.