The intended goal is 'The Eaglet' (3802': Verlot USGS), which overlooks Lake Twenty Two on the Mountain Loop Highway. I'm seeing it as 2,400' of gain and ~6 miles of travel. A sketch of the route cang be found at: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=097165bdc433919455eb5a0e9fb48f4c&p=680934; and an annotated image at: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=5412807264_a2247b94d7&p=688362. As often happens in winter, snow and weather condtions could well dictate a late ch... More

The intended goal is 'The Eaglet' (3802': Verlot USGS), which overlooks Lake Twenty Two on the Mountain Loop Highway. I'm seeing it as 2,400' of gain and ~6 miles of travel. A sketch of the route cang be found at: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=097165bdc433919455eb5a0e9fb48f4c&p=680934; and an annotated image at: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=5412807264_a2247b94d7&p=688362. As often happens in winter, snow and weather condtions could well dictate a late change of plans.

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