Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Marten Lake 2013-12-18

8.43 miles and 1,945 feet of elevation gain.

Long drive out the potholed Middle Fork Snoqualmie River road before arriving at the trail head.

Wet day for a hike but we finally did get high enough to hit snow.  The boot path to Marten Lake starts fifty or so feet before the wooden bridge over Marten Creek.  The trail splits in several places to get closer to the creek and then comes back together.  Once we hit snow on the ground, following the trail was a challenge.  We did take one major wrong turn and started climbing up a hill we didn't need to go up.  On the way back from the lake I had Blue lead the way.  He did take different track through a steep icy section.  Blue bypassed some of the steep part but we did have to climb over a few trees and do a little bushwhacking.



Not much of a trail.

Arriving at the lake

Marten Lake

Nice campsite

Playtime

Frozen waterfall


      

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