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Blue Lake
A windy, drizzly day in Indian Heaven Wilderness – – – a few sunbreaks, ripe huckleberries so sweet they were almost impossible to stop eating, open meadows, fresh bear sign and too many pretty lakes to count.
Blue Lake
The 32 square-mile Wilderness lies between Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens. It sets on a 4,000-foot plateau with over 150 lakes and many large, open meadows to explore.
After hiking two miles to the east from the Thomas Lake Trailhead, while passing eight lakes and gaining 800 feet, I bushwhacked across the meadows for two miles to Junction Lake and the Pacific Crest Trail.
From there it was a relatively easy hike southerly to Blue Lake located below Gifford Peak. I marveled at the deep blue color of the lake.
With only 3 ½ miles to go, I savored every inch of the loop trail returning to the Trailhead.
Fireweed (top flower blooming means fall is around the corner), late-blooming Beargrass, and Mountain Ash berries
Fellow hiker at Junction Lake
Trail crews had done an excellent job
One of many unnamed lakes
Ripe Huckleberries
Bushwhack trail crossing at a narrow potion of an unnamed lake
Lake Sahalee Tyee and Heather Lake
Into the Wilderness
John, I so enjoyed receiving these emails from you. Blessings Ed
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:28 AM John Carr Outdoors wrote:
> John Carr posted: “Welcome to John Carr Outdoors! Please visit the blog > and follow. The follow button can be found at the bottom of the page. If > you are seeing this on Facebook, click the link to visit the blog to see > all of the photos. Blue Lake A windy, driz” >
Thanks Ed. This has been a tough year to get out and hike. First Covid and then wildfires have greatly reduced the possibilities.