The trail starts in the forest along Boulder Creek and the first 1.5 miles gains 1,100 ft.
There are some spots along this section that climb less steeply giving your muscles a break. Here the trail went through thick berry bushes.

There are also a few places where scrambling is required.
We also could see to the northwest a waterfall coming over the headwall. We still have a lot of elevation to gain!
Before the last steep section up the headwall, we entered a beautiful alpine meadow.

To the south are Jefferson Peak and Mt Pershing.

To the west the side of Mt Skokomish.
This meadow was filled with flowers.
The last section going up to the headwall was very wet and muddy from the snow melt.

At the north end of the Lake of the False Prophet, there is a log crossing a creek, this leads to our trail heading west.
The trail meanders up and down through a boggy/meadow area and enters Olympic National Park 3 miles from the trailhead.
There were lots of avalanche lilies in bloom along with other flowers.
Soon after the trail levels out, it passes a small tarn, the Lake of the Angels is about 1/4 mile to go.
First view of the Lake of the Angels, we saw mountain goats up on the hillside grazing.
There is a trail that goes all around the lake, we decided to go counterclockwise and crossed Whitehorse Creek were it leaves the lake.
Lake of the Angels nestled in Mount Skokomish to the south.
Small waterfall near the lake
view of the Lake of the Angels from our lunch spot. We watched fish jump is these crystal clear waters.
There were some small snow fields around the lake.
Mt Stone on the northwest side of the Lake of the Angels.
There were many marsh marigolds along the stream coming off of Mount Skokomish.
The hike back down was slow on the dry steep sections that had loose dirt and rocks on them. We took our time and enjoyed this beautiful trail.
Some of the many wildflowers and plants we saw along the trail today:




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