Heather Lake — Friday, May. 27, 2005

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

First trip into the mountains this year - so we picked a relatively easy destination - Heather Lake on the Mountain Loop Highway. Started off from the trailhead at 9am with about 8 cars in the parking area - when we returned 4 hours later there were cars parked up an down the road. The trail to Heather lake was its usual rooty rocky self with some mud added in as we got nearer to the lake. Not much in the way of early season flowers yet. We had lunch (as did a few mosquitoes when we stopped moving - not many though), circumambulated around the lake, and headed down to greet all the late arrivals on their way up. Notable hikers included the solo mother with her growing child on her back and the girl in flip flops...