{"id":3498,"date":"2020-11-05T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2020-12-25T00:21:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:21:05","slug":"lookingglass-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/05\/lookingglass-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lookingglass Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, September 27, 2020<\/p>\n

Today Greg and I headed to the Stagman Ridge Trailhead in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in order to visit Lookingglass Lake. It was a chilly 43 degrees when we arrived at 9:45:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

The first part of the hike starts out on an old:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

We passed the Mt. Adams Wilderness boundary at 0.6 miles and entered the burn area from the 2012 Cascade Creek Fire:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

We passed two men with overnight packs on their way out. I asked if it got cold up there last night and one of them said \u201cvery\u201c. He said it was wet too.<\/p>\n

We continued up Stagman Ridge, hiking through burned trees. We could now see Mt. Adams through the snags. It had a big cloud on it:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

The trail descended down into an unburnt area:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

Then the trail ascended again. This was pretty much the only good fall color we saw all day:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

At 3.1 miles the trail traverses a large meadow with Mount Adams blooming above the trees on the far side:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

We reached the junction with the Graveyard Camp Trail at 3.5 miles:<\/p>\n

\"Graveyard<\/p>\n

At the junction we saw big tracks in the mud. I have no idea what creature made these:<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/p>\n

We had to navigate some blowdown along this stretch, as well as dip in and out of several gullies:<\/p>\n

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We got a glimpse of Mt. St. Helens:<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

At 4.3 miles we crossed the creek:<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/p>\n

The junction for the spur trail to Lookingglass Lake is right after the creek. Unfortunately the lake burned in the fire, but it was still a pleasant spot:<\/p>\n

\"Lookingglass<\/p>\n

We found a spot to sit and enjoy the view. It was 60 degrees in shade at 1pm. Not too bad for late September!<\/p>\n

\"Lookingglass<\/p>\n

There’s one spot at the lake where you can see Mt. Hood to the south:<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

After soaking up the sun at the lake for awhile, we continued on:<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

Another view of Mt. St. Helens:<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

We crossed the creek again:<\/p>\n

\"Creek<\/p>\n

After hiking 0.8 miles from the lake we reached the Round the Mountain Trail and turned left. This stretch had great views:<\/p>\n

\"View<\/p>\n

\"View<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

We reached Horseshoe Meadow, which looked a lot different from when I visited in August<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Approaching<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

\"Mt.<\/p>\n

We turned left off the PCT onto the Stagman Ridge Trail:<\/p>\n

\"Stagman<\/p>\n

It was 0.8 miles to the Graveyard Camp junction, then 3.5 miles back to the car. Great hike!<\/p>\n

Gaia stats: 11.3 miles, 2,100′ elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, September 27, 2020 Today Greg and I headed to the Stagman Ridge Trailhead in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest<\/p>\n

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