Granite Lakes

 We drove up to the North Bend area to hike up to Granite Lakes in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resoures Conservation Area. This is a beautiful forest trail that is 8.8 miles round trip with 2,300 ft of gain.
The trail was in great conditions, no blow downs, and all the water crossings were easy to do while keeping our boots dry.

There were lots of wildflowers in bloom along with shrubs and trees.

 We found some ripe berries

view of Granite Creek

 wooden bridge over Granite Creek

3.5 miles up the trail, we took the trail on the right to Granite Lakes

small creek over the trail was easy to cross on rocks

 Dirty Harry's Peak to the south


























Mount Defiance to the north, reflected in Granite Creek













wide angel view of part of Upper Granite Lake
We didn't have time today, to look for the boot track down to lower Granite Lake

 As we were driving away from the trailhead, we spotted momma and baby elk

 some of the many wildflowers and other flora we saw along the trail today: