Eightmile Lake 7/25/2010

Sunday I met up with Makana who I haven't seen in ages and headed out to the Eightmile Lake trail-head outside of Leavenworth. The trail was a moderate to easy incline with a few flat spots all the way to the Lake Caroline cut-off trail. There was plenty of water the whole route, and the views through the huge burn zone of 1994 were awesome. The Lake was stunningly large and appeared to be fairly deep with how the shore sloped off fast in some areas.

I cooked up some meals that I was taste testing for lunch. More with that in a separate blog post though, I will say they were very delicious. After lunch we headed back to the car and drove to Gustav's in Leavenworth for some Enchantment Ales and burgers.

The Map
Elevation Profile
Views through the great burn of 1994.
The Lake Caroline jct "sign"...
Makana freaking out about cell service! (actually she had the map on the phone, and we were debating lake Caroline.)
More views of the large fire of 1994.
Eightmile lake with Eightmile Mountain in the upper right corner.
The ominous peak looming over the lake.
Looking towards the outlet from the lunch break...
Me on a rock looking over the lake.
Makana and I along the lake.
More views through the burnt forest.
The view from Gustav's in Leavenworth.