Bumping Lake Trail

We drove over to the east side of Hwy 410 to see the larches at Bumping Lake. As we drove down on the east side, besides seeing larches along the highway, we spotted this bobcat walking alongside the highway.!

View of Bumping River along the Bumping River Road

view looking towards Bumping Lake as we drove over the dam

The Bumping Lake Trail starts where the road ends past the marina on the west side of the lake. The trail is 4.5 miles, connecting with the Swamp Lake Trail at the south end of the lake. We hiked about 3 miles along the trail before returning, hiking 6 miles round trip with about 200+ ft of elevation gain. The trail is mostly in the forest on the west side of the lake. The first part of the trail was covered with fallen leaves.

Soon we were able to see views of Bumping Lake with both yellow cottonwood trees and yellow western larches.

There were some larches right next to the trail.

A few times, the trail crossed open rocky slide areas.

Here we had great views of the lake, we could see quite a few yellow larches on the other side of the lake.











There was also some bright red leaves on huckleberry bushes lining the trail.

View along the lake shore further down the trail

There were different types of golden yellows making this cloudy day bright and cheerful

We saw several fallen larch branches along the trail

Early on, there was no wind and we saw lovely reflections in the lake

It was very quiet and peaceful, we did not see any other hikers until we were almost back to the trailhead.

The level of the lake was low, so there were lots of exposed stumps

We found a nice place along the lakeshore to eat lunch and enjoy the views.

elk prints along the lakeshore

more fall color along the trail

pano of Bumping Lake

some nice views as we retuned towards the trailhead.

some of the fall color and fungi we saw along the trail today: