11.01 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
We hiked to Laverty and Chimney Lakes from the Bowman Trailhead. We did not get an early start due to our hiking activities from the prior day. Our intent was to go further along the trail to Hobo Lake, but dark clouds moved in. The ridge up to Hobo Lake did not have tree cover and Hobo Lake itself is pretty exposed, so we decided not to risk getting caught in a thunderstorm there. It was a little disappointing. But, we are definitely interested in re-visiting the area sometime on a backpack loop to Steamboat and Swamp Lakes. The trail was pretty quiet, but, we saw a fair amount of people camping around the lakes.
