11/1, Sunday. Cloudy in Seattle. Didn't expect the sunny weather in the mountains.
Only parepared for a short hike.
Went to Talapus Lake.
Then continued on to Olallie. Shortly before reaching the lake, I scrambled up the slope to the ridge where Definance Mountain Trail 1009 is. Due to time constraint. If I followed the trail, it would go all the way to the other end of the lake and go up and around. Much longer affair.
However, snow patches (maybe from yesterday) made the scramble less comfortable.
At some point, I lost a bag, so wasted sometime looking for it.
Found it, but didn't realize that I lost my sunglasses in the meantime, until much later.
Once on the trail, I headed towards Island Lake first hoping for a view.
Could see Rainier through the trees, but too many trees for a good photo.
But gave up quickly, and headed back to the ridge to Pratt Lake.
There, scrambled down this boulder field.
The moss and snow made the progress slow.
Oddly, as I went lower, more snow on the rocks, maybe because it's less steep lower half.
At the lake, saw 3 people fishing, within close proximity to each other.
I don't remember if I ever saw this toilet near Talapus Lake.
Back to the parking lot shortly after 1:30pm.
It's not full. Surprising for such a sunny day. Unexpected.
