Surprise and Glacier Lakes, Surprise Lake Snowshoe — Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

In this winter of discontent, we got lucky this morning, finding 6 to 10 inches of fresh snow on the Surprise Creek trail. The trees were laden and lovely, the trail was fresh and a lot of fun. The lower portions were OK for boots, but our snowshoes came in handy on the upper trail. By midafternoon, the temperatures (high 30s) were melting some of the snow, so it's anyone's guess whether this will still be around for the weekend.