The snows have melted at Deer Lake, so we were up the trail to take a
look. The weather was scattered showers, so the sky was a mix of gray
and blue patches. It rained under the gray and it was warm and bright
under the blue.
Since the sky was gray when we arrived, we stopped for a coffee at the Sol Duc Hot Springs
resort. The pools were empty, and we were tempted to take a dip, but
with the new whirlpool bath at Lake Crescent Cottage, we decided that
we had mountains to climb instead.
We headed down from the Sol Duc
trailhead parking lot and passed by the falls. The Sol Duc falls
were spectacular. There was a lot of water blasting through the rocks
by the bridge, but we still had mountains to climb.
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The trail was usual stony self. The air was heavy and misty, so it was
hard going. The trail was wet, but not impassable. We had to stop on
the bridge to marvel at the waterfall. There was a lot of Pacific
dogwood in flower for the first half of the trail, and a lot of glacier
lilies as we got higher.
As for the lake itself, it was by turns brilliant and misty as you can
see in our photo. The water was clear and fresh, and the snow seems to
have melted all around the lake. You can see the snow above, and we
hear that the Potholes are still in deep snow only a few hundred feet
above.
For more on this great trail, click
here.
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