East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Friday, Jun. 30, 2006

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

First five miles were extremely ""buggy"". Take DEET - even that will have limited effect. On warn days this portion of the trail is very humid. Camped overnight at the river crossing - bugs wern't bad here- a good breeze helped. 56 deg. F for the low that night. Saturday punched into the upper lakes - visited Jade, Emerald, Opal and Illswoot lakes. All are snow free. The route past Jade lake is partially submerged - you'll need to remove boots and wade that portion. Some snow in the the afore mentioned lake area's but is melting extremely fast. Prepare for a lot of bugs in the upper lakes basin in the coming weeks. 80 deg weather made for an outstanding trip though.