6 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain • 1 night
Went out to Gillette Lake Saturday night with my wife and four others. Caught two trout—a medium-sized brook and a tiny rainbow—and cooked them over the fire with asparagus and lemon. Great camp out and very different than all my previous snow-bound adventures.
Looking for a lake available for backpacking before May? This is the one. Trail was muddy but there were lots of trail maintenance folks out Sunday and the clearcut across the PCT has been cleaned up and the trail made accessible.
