15 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Spent the day out at Coldwater Lake yesterday. It was not our original destination however. We had planned to hike into Coldwater Peak and beyond if possible but ran into snow/snow drifts that bordered on unsafe and we turned around and just did the loop around Coldwater lake instead. It was our first lake loop and had a good time regardless of the unanticipated detour. We did find a cool relic that I hadn't seen before. A few hundred feet down the hill from the logging equipment, was a old truck left behind from the blast. Always fun to find/see something new!
There were 4 other cars at the Hummocks trail head when we arrived but only ran into one person all morning until we got down to the lower lake trail. Once on the lower lake trail, we ran into a few groups of people who had came in from the coldwater lake parking side.
The forecast was warmer than anticipated and the sun blazed down on us the entire day. Go figure it was the one time I did not have my sunscreen in my pack. note to self, my burned face and arms request that you remember the sunscreen next time.
Comments
Woodswalker
April 21, 2015
Or maybe I should say there is at least some snow on those peaks. :)
Rhonda
April 21, 2015
I think I was up there last a week after you were and we only had one small patch of snow. There is quite a bit more now, though considerably less than normal I'm betting :)
Mountainkat
April 21, 2015
Thanks for pointing out the old car. I hadn't noticed that before! I will look for it next time.
Rhonda
April 21, 2015
It's funny how some things can be easily missed just by not looking in the right direction at the right time.
Karl
April 22, 2015
Indeed! I've walked past that one at least 6 or 8 times. The whole focus at that point is on the stuff right in front of you. Will definitely be scoping this one out next time!
Woodswalker
April 21, 2015
Wow, it looks like there is significantly more snow than when I was there this winter.