Great weekend of various weather conditions. Only two other cars in the parking lot when we started up Mount Townsend trail on the morning of the 4th. Unfortunately it was very foggy the entire hike, so no views but beautiful nonetheless. We arrived at a very eery looking Crystal lake in the early afternoon and shortly found a great campsite above the lake that had room for probably 10 tents! There were other campsites, but still some snow in the way of tent platforms. In the three days we were there we could almost watch the small patches of snow melt away to uncover wildflowers ready to bloom.
The rest of the trip consisted of more fog, a little rain, and a couple hours of warm sunshine. We scrambled up to a ridge where views were amazing. This is a great alternative to Mt. Townsend on warm summer days when the trail is swarming with hikers. We planned on climbing up Townsend on our way out, but the fog was again thick and views would have been minimal.
No bugs, snow on trail, but a few blow downs that were easy to get past. This is an awesome backpack if you're trying to get away from the snow
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