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Cutthroat Lake Trail, Hwy 20 North Cascades


A short fairly flat well beaten path that is just short of 2 miles gets you to Cutthroat Lake....Arrived at the trail head just a few minutes before 9:00 AM....our early morning start didn't go so great....I had to run back in the house a half dozen times...get in the car...whoops forgot something else....Since we were already late whats another stop for a morning coffee.....Bright blue sky's and about 70 degrees when we headed up the trail....not a soul in the parking lot....a few logs down on the trail nothing major....a couple of water crossings....it was an easy stroll to where the trail y's then we walked over two nice log bridges....and mounds of piled up snow in the shady areas....sat at the lake and admired the views....watched fish in the lake....and checked the surrounding mountain tops for goats.....no signs....headed back out and here came the people.....large groups of folks with fishing gear.....Luckily I had caught up with my nephew who was singing a combination of what sounded like Spanish opera mixed, and mentioned that he might tone it down a notch or two before he scares someone....not much for flowers and such on this trail...very dry, well beaten trail into the lake.....from there we drove up over the pass...the overlook is still closed...not sure what the deal is there.....so we headed to Bridge Creek Trail head and took up residence on the one and only picnic table to eat our lunch.....then back over the pass to stop for photos.....by then big puffy clouds had rolled in and the view was lovely.....man it was bright bright that morning....making for lovely dark shadowy photos....
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