2005.7.4.
Direction: Take Carbon River rd, keep right for the Mowich Lake camp site. It's about 18 miles gravel road!
Level: 9-10Km, 400-500m gain
The first half of a mile is slightly down hill, then it levels off.
At mile 2, a short not-to-be-missed side trip gets you to the Spray Falls.
A nice lunch spot, plenty of rocks to sit on. Cross the creek for a better view.
From here, the trails gets steeper. Zigzag uphill for a mile, you emerge from the forest and on to the Spray Park meadow.
Time for the avalanche lilies and sulphurflowers (and a LOT of mosquitoes). The view is expansive. Flowers abundant: lupines, paintbrushes, heathers, bluebells. After awhile, lilies give away to heathers. An hour or so later, the meadow disappears altogether. Snow and rocks. Glacier Peak and other Cascade peaks came into view. Mt Rainier looks like within reach.
