Blanca Lake

Oct. 21, 2006
Su Weitao, Sun Murong and I
7 miles rt and 3500ft gain
12:30-3:00--3:40-5:40

This is the second time I go to Blanca Lake. Balanca lake is always impressively beatiful. In late October, whether is not that hot and trail is more coloful.

Merritt Lake

Oct. 14, 2006
Zhikers (Henri, Bruce, Helen, Aida, Feng Yong), Charlie, Zhong, Mei, Wenjuan and I
6 miles rt and 2000ft gain
10:00-11:50-200:--3:00-4:20-6:30

Zhikers picked Merritt lake. Our group met at bothell P&R. This time, I am the driver. Highway 2 is just beatiful, especially those slopes covered in stunningly red color around Stevens Pass.

The trail is well maintained. Ascending is not hard. Merritt lake is sparkling. Took some pictures at the south side of the lake. We moved along the lake and reached the scramble rocks on the nrothwest side, where we again took pictures and enjoyed the beatiful lake. Bruce climbed to the top of the mountain. We circled the lake and took a group pic when we gathered again on the south side of the lake.

It's nice hike. After some hikes around highway 20, I was rewinding a bit. The merritt lake hike make me realize that there are still a lot of beatiful hikes around.

Fall colors

Merritt Lake

Merritt Lake