Lower Lena Lake

You’ll only find me at Lena Lake on a weekday in the winter, that is when the crowds are the lightest.  Lena Lake has some gorgeous moss covered rocks at the outlet and I wanted to photograph them.   I’ve never got a photo of those rocks that I am happy with, but I had a new idea I wanted to test out.

The outlet stream was flowing too fast, so I could not cross it.  Instead I had lunch below lunch rock and took some photos there.

After lunch I went up to the rock and took some photos with my flying camera after making sure that the one other person on the rock would not be bothered by it.

I hiked really slow due to my photography and was able to make a full day of this short hike.  I got a few good photos, but all of my photos of rocks were ruined by a shallow depth of field.  Oh well, I have an excuse to go back and try again now.

A woman is still missing on the Putvin trail and I can’t stand it any longer.  I am going to go see if I can find any trace of her.

Lena Lake

Mount Bretherton

First wild one I have seen this year

sign

rooty tooty

trail chipped out of rock

stream crossing

trilliums at over 4,000 feet in full bloom in June

Not a very private privy

Mount Lena

trillium

Ice cave

Hemlock

sucking tadpole of the tailed frog

Water under the bridge at Lena Lake

Another soaker at Lena Lake, but this time with a surprise.  There was water under the bridge, I've seen that a time or too.  There was also water on the trail before the bridge.  I have never seen that before.

  I had to pebble hop to get across.  Others chose to wade.  Strange, normally I'm the one who wades while others pebble hop.

At the lake the rain started to pour.  My hiking partner got discouraged.  It has been raining an awful lot.  They did not want tea, but I did.  To me the hot drink in the middle of the hike is the highlight of the entire hike.  I had a cup of coffee and a couple of roast beef sandwiches.

We had fun taking waterfall pictures.

Lena Lake

Panorama from scout camp

We went to Lena Lake. An icy bridge turned us back. I was game, by my hiking partner was not. Story of my life.

6.5 miles 1,200 feet elevation gain