Cooper River Trail

We drove up to the Salmon La Sac Campground on Road 111 to hike the Cooper River Trail up to Cooper Lake. We hiked on the trail by the lake through the campground up to the boat ramp, about 8+ miles round trip with an overall elevation gain of 800 ft.
There was a bit of fresh snow from last night.

The trail follows along the Cooper River being close to the river at some places and a bit away from the river at others.

Peek-a-boo view of a distant peak.

We enjoyed the morning light

some views from along the river

Lovely sunlight on the trees

3 miles from the trailhead we reached the road at Cooper Lake, first we walked over the the bridge over the river.

view up river toward Cooper Lake from the bridge

view down river from the bridge

we then hiked on the trail that goes along Cooper Lake up the the campground.
view across the lake

we saw some snow geese taking flight from the lake

a few more lakeside photos along the trail