One weekend, we took a quick trip to the beautiful area around Winthrop Washington over the North Cascades Highway. This highway is wonderful for trails, and we were able to do a large portion of the trail along Diablo Lake. We lucked out on weather, as it was clear, but before the big heat wave that came through in mid-July.

The gain was about 1500 feet over the course of 4 miles in, so a nice gentle ascent.

Diablo Lake is an unusually beautiful turquois color from particles of silt that were created from glacial till, and now lie suspended in the lake, reflecting the light in this manner.

After a tough year in 2020, I feel very thankful that I’m able to get out and see some of this stuff again, and I feel very luck that I live so close to this wonderful countryside.