4 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain • 1 night
Overnight trip up to Boulder Lake near Mt. Hood. Started early on Sat morning and drove up to the parking lot where there were 2 other cars. Hiked 1 mile up to the lake where a family was fishing. They said they caught 12 trout that morning! We attempted tthe hike up to Bonney Meadows, and as we climbed higher the patchy snow got deeper and then became impassable on the North side of Echo Peak. We came back to the lake, but the best site at the lake was taken by some teenagers collecting a huge pile of beer cans, so we decided to check out Little Boulder Lake. Score! No one else there, so we set up camp. I decided to explore the other side of the lake, so I bushwhacked around until I came to a very old fire ring. I continued around and returned to my campsite. Enjoyed a windy night with lots of stars. Returned to the parking lot to find a bunch of garbage strewn around. At least they carried it away from the lake before they left it lying on the ground. I disposed of it properly in town.
