Lake Angeles

Headed up to the north side of Olympic National Park to hike up to Lake Angeles. 7.4 miles round trip with 2,350 ft of gain. Nice steady incline through the forest.
Here we crossed a wood bridge that was a bit icy and slick.








There was a lot of water in the creek.

About 2,600 ft we ran into snow.

There were some nice icicles in the forest.

 There is a pond shortly before the lake. I liked the frozen ripples.

 View across the pond

 There was some water on the trail shortly after the pond.

Pano at Lake Angeles and Klahhane Ridge

 More views at Lake Angeles

Mount Walker

 On a beautiful sunny morning after fresh lowland snow, headed up to Quilcene off of Hwy 101 to hike up to Mount Walker. The road is still open, so I was able to park at the trailhead. This is a 5 mile round trip hike with 2,000 ft of elevation gain (in the first 2 miles).
The first part of the trail was snow free. Watched the sun light up the top of the trees.

 Not many signs of fall left.

 Trail became snowy at 1,400 ft

 Sun lighting up the ground through the forest.

 North Viewpoint. About 4-5" of snow on top of Mount Walker 2,800 ft.

 Northeast Olympic Mtns.

Pano from the North Viewpoint. Hazy over Puget Sound, but was able to see Mt Baker

 1/4 mile walk toward the South Viewpoint. Glimpse of Mount Constance (I think) through the trees.

 Fresh snow on the way to the South Viewpoint. Had the top of Mount Walker to myself this morning.

 View from the South Viewpoint. Mt Rainier below the puffy cloud across Dabob Bay.














Nearby hills

Winter is coming