Lake Serene

I went hiking to Lake Serene [Seattle PI] yesterday with Suor and Nabeel. We got a late start and it was a bit of drive to get there - it's 8 miles east of Gold Bar (Highway 2). The bottom part of the trail was relatively flat and a little boring. After about a mile in a half, you reach a rock face with water trickling down that was cool looking. Then the trail got really hard. The signpost at the fork in the trail listed the distance to the top as 2 miles, but it seemed a lot longer than that. And the trail was very steep (wooden "stairs" were often necessary) and extremely rocky. Near the top, there was a decent view of the valley below and the nearby mountains. The lake at the top was awesome - small, but a nice colour and surrounded by trees, cliffs, and snowbanks. We chilled out at the top for a while before heading back down.

I'll post some photos to Flickr once I'm done sorting through all my Europe photos.