Chain Lakes 2008
© 2008 Clint Hollingsworth
This fall, i decided to try to get into the Chain Lakes near Stevens Pass in North Central Washington. I had last made this trip in my early thirties (I'm now 48) and it was a tough climb even then. It's about 5 miles of up and down hiking to the base of the Chain Lakes trail, and then another 4 miles or so of very steep switchbacks. However, I had a lot of new gear, and my pack was probably twenty pounds lighter that on my earlier trips, carrying an old Army ALICE large pack.
Looking North on the Pacific Crest
Trail..
Looking Down at Lake Susan Jane
Local Pika in the Rockslide:
I think this is Lupine...
The turn off from the PCT
First rest stop - Lake Josephine,
headwaters of the Icicle River.
