{"id":4447,"date":"2022-08-31T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2022-09-06T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:19:53","slug":"lake-twenty-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/31\/lake-twenty-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Twenty Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, August 7, 2022<\/p>\n<p>I was totally exhausted after hiking Mt. Pilchuck on Friday so I rested on Saturday, then on Sunday I hiked to Lake Twenty Two.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Knowing how insanely busy this trail gets on the weekend I got to the trailhead at 6:30:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301356496_c962a45e09_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301627094_68e5656f87_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a very beautiful forest:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52300423897_56dc9ce4e0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301407131_76be5e3dc4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail soon turned rough, with worn-out boardwalks and LOTS of rocks:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301405996_0846f7b08e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301676349_29970d710b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail crossed Twentytwo CreeK;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301418713_0fc27e2886_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301902365_3243d74344_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then came a lot of climbing, although it was fun to gawk at the enormous trees along the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301675814_670be8009b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52300425122_0b064d2093_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52300868987_542b4dba5f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301847846_37a6d65da9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was an open slope where the views opened up for a short while:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302120559_56620297d9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail was particularly rocky here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302119384_dc6aef37f9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached Lake Twenty Two early enough that the lake was still calm. There were other hikers around, but the hoards hadn&#8217;t arrived yet. I sat for awhile enjoying the scene:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301861206_88c7dd4afa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302370630_c644b47eba_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail continues around the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302343190_5054b5368a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52301859743_657aefb4fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back across to the lake where the trail comes out:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302119989_9ec7aa774c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking up at the rock wall at the far end of the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52300865762_1411dac164_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That is Three Fingers in the distance:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302342375_cb6fa88b9a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One last look at the lake before heading back down:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52302134239_d777eed146_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Twenty Two Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I headed down the massive crowds were heading up. People were carrying beach towels and various flotation things including rafts. I saw people in all manner of Crocs and sandals, as well as people carrying little to no water. Hundreds of people heading up as I headed down. So glad I got an early start.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 6.5 miles, 1,400&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, August 7, 2022 I was totally exhausted after hiking Mt. Pilchuck on Friday so I rested on Saturday, then<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/31\/lake-twenty-two\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lake Twenty Two<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[162,161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4447"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}