We drove up the forest roads east of Gold Creek Pond to hike up to Rampart Lakes and over to Lila Lake from the backdoor trail to Lillian Lake. This was about 8.75 miles with 2,825 ft gain.
We saw a bit of fall color on this hike today.
The trail to Lillian Lake is very steep.
Small stream near the trail
Waterfall on Rocky Run Creek next to the trail
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The trail goes up behind this boulder
The trail goes around Lilian Lake and then up on to the ridge on the right.
View of Lillian Lake and Mt Rainier as we began going up Rampart Ridge
View when we reached the Ridge to the southwest and
view to the east
The trail descends a short ways to pass this pond, then continues up Rampart Ridge
some pretty fall colors along the ridge
nice views of nearby peaks as we continue along the ridge.
Trail down to Rampart Lakes was quite snowy in the morning
pretty pond on the way to Rampart Lakes
Some of the views as we hiked among the Rampart Lakes
It was an interesting mixture of fall and winter on the hike today.
From Rampart Lakes, we hiked over to Lila Lake, here the trail overlooks Rachel Lake below.
Large tarn along the trail on the way to Lila Lake
Gorgeous view overlooking Lila Lake
Passed some bright fall colors as we hiked down to Lila Lake
View of Lila Lake as we continued down the trail
fall colors
wide angle view of Lila Lake
Hibox on the right behind Lila Lake
The afternoon sun brought out the colors as we hiked back to Rampart Lakes
vibrant colors as we continued down to Lillian Lake
more fall color near the trailhead.
From Rampart Lakes, we hiked over to Lila Lake, here the trail overlooks Rachel Lake below.
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