100 Classic Hikes in Washington by Ira Spring

Author:Ira Spring
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Published: 2012-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

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LAKE SERENE

Round trip: 8 miles

Hiking time: 5 hours (day hike)

High point: 2550 feet

Elevation gain: 2000 feet

Hikable: mid-June to mid-October

Map: Green Trails No. 142 Index

Information: Skykomish Ranger District (360) 677-2414

Ira considered the lake a jewel of the first order. He could sit there fascinated for an hour or two or three photographing the reflection of Mount Index in the blue waters and the changing shadows on the 2000-foot East Face. But because of the walls that impressed Ira, when you get there, there’s no place to roam, and thus in my opinion the lake has at best modest appeal. Only twice have I hiked it, once upon coming down from the high and dry North Peak of Index, putting mouth to lake, and having to keep squirming forward on my belly as the lake level fell, and the other time in a winter twilight when avalanches were magnificently dreadful. Whatever, the precipice of Mount Index above and the white ribbon of Bridal Veil Falls below so beguile the eye that the feet are compelled to climb up there to discover what unseen wonder lies between them.

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