Snowing at Mud Lake:)

Thum · Post by **Thum** » January 14th, 2012, 7:59 pm

I hiked up to Mud Lake today in hopes of a front row seat to the coming snow. I originally planned on Chinidere Mtn but my overwhelming laziness by the mud intersection and the lack of views made the lake an easy choice

Draining Mud Lake:

Im used to this Mud Lake:

But this one is pretty too

Bobcat Print?

Most everything was frozen:

And some biggens:

Maybe the last snowless noble camp for a while:

Lightly dusted mud lake camp spot:

The snow is down below!

arundodonax · Post by **arundodonax** » January 14th, 2012, 8:08 pm

Never been to mud lake before. Looks like a fun hike.

jojomachine · Post by **jojomachine** » January 15th, 2012, 4:58 am

I wished I went!

retired jerry · Post by **retired jerry** » January 15th, 2012, 6:03 am

"I hiked up to Mud Lake today in hopes of a front row seat to the coming snow. I originally planned on Chinidere Mtn but my overwhelming laziness by the mud intersection and the lack of views made the lake an easy choice"

Rightttt...

I'de be lucky to get as far as Mud Lake

Nice snow pics

Crusak · Post by **Crusak** » January 15th, 2012, 8:48 am

I like the mud lake pic in the snow better

Nice report Thum!

Thum · Post by **Thum** » January 15th, 2012, 12:35 pm

LOL jerry, I felt pretty good once I turned around and starting heading down hill

drm · Post by **drm** » January 15th, 2012, 2:57 pm

My guess is that there was plenty of mud on the trail just below the snow line.

How high was Herman Creek at the crossing just before Noble?

Reckless · Post by **Reckless** » January 15th, 2012, 9:01 pm

I LOVE that pic of the crooked trail through the trees!

Thum · Post by **Thum** » January 15th, 2012, 10:50 pm

Thanks reckless, the giant cedars like the ones in that picture are my favorite part about the herman creek trail.

drm - the mud wasnt too bad early on but there were some sections that were pretty sloppy. The stream crossings werent too bad and the east fork at the crossing near noble camp wasnt bad at all. there is a log upstream that runs almost entirely across the creek that I always cross on tho. here's a pic of the log:

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