May, 14th Hike. Lake Twenty-Two

Today I wanted to hike to Monte Cristo the old mining town, however the road was closed several miles from the trailhead. On my way there I passed a few other trails to various destinations. So I pulled into the parking lot of the Lake Twenty-Two trailhead.  I'm glad I did this was a cool little hike with great scenery and was a well maintained trail.

Lake Twenty-Two trailhead.

Lake Twenty-Two trail info and map. 

This trail goes though an old growth forest with some big old trees.

Big old tree off the  trail. 

One of many water falls and pools on this hike. On a hot day these would be awesome.

  The trail had basically three sections that had very different feels. The first being though and old growth forest, mossy, little streams and creeks and water falls. The Second was though a open rocky area that was on a northern slope, everything was covered with thick moss.

Open rocky area this was switch backs for about .75 miles.

The third section is where the  snow started at 2200ft. This carried on two the lake.

The trail though the snow. 

Spring trying to brake through.

The creek just before the lake check out how thick the snow still is.

Panorama shot of Lake Twenty-Two and the surrounding mountains.

If you look closely you will see little streams of water coming of the cliffs . Click the photos to make them full size.

The distance to the lake was 2.35 miles. The trail when not covered in 3ft of snow, goes around the lake making a nice loop, making the trail 2.7 miles.
This was a great hike!

GPS track and elevation.