Barcaly Lake is at the base of 6,125-foot Mount Baring in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, just 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Route 2, the road to Stevens Pass. Easy to get to, great trail, scant elevation gain, nice lake with a sandy, large beach (in summer and early fall), and great views upward from the base of the mountain. Description here.

(Pix, L to R). (1) It's a mossy timber wonderland along the way. (2) The trail has a number of elevated walkways installed by volunteers, to keep your feet off mucky ground.

(3) After 2.1 miles, you reach the lake. Look up. And up.

Just don't get any ideas about scaling the mountain and jumping down with a parachute, OK?

DIRECTIONS: Take Route 2 east from Monroe to just past mile marker 41, then turn left, or north, across RR tracks, on U.S. Forest Service Road 6024 (a.k.a. 635th Pl. N.E.). Proceed 4.6 miles to dead-end at trailhead.

TECHNORATI TAGS: BARCLAY LAKE, MOUNT BARING, HIKE

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Posted by Matt Rosenberg at September 10, 2005 11:25 PM