9 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Finally managed to get away for some hiking. I decided to visit some off trail lakes above Red and Averill lakes. Several of these lakes hold (held) small populations of trout left over from a previous aerial stocking program. It seems there is no natural reproduction from the efforts and the few remaining trout have disappeared due to the warm water temps this year. I didn't see any fish in the places where I have seen them before. Bummer. Few berries and very little wildlife sign as well. Pretty dry all in all.
