Open Backpack - Pete Lake

Preference to Tacoma Branch Introduction to Backpacking Students.
Trip will open to all Mountaineers based on availability on April 28.

This is a great trip for those who are real beginners.  It is only 4.5 miles with 400ft elevation to get to Pete Lake.  So you get a feel for what it feels like to carry a backpack but not too far!  Once we arrive, we will set up camp and enjoy lunch while tallking about backpacking ins/outs (or whatever else).  Then if it is warm out we may ejoy a dip in Pete Lake which is a really nice lake. In the afternoon, we will likely take an additional 2 to 3 mile hike to look at other campsites, travel a little bit on the PCT, and then get fresh water from the inlet creek to the lake in the late afternoon but before dinner.  Then we will just enjoy a nice relaxing dinner and evening chilling out.  The next day we will  wake up, break camp, and then backpack out to our cars.

***BUG PROTECTION (spray or wipes) mandatory.***  There can be a lot of biting bugs and you may be misreable without some good bug protection.

I initially meet around 7am at the Traveler's Rest stop in Snoqualmie Pass but you can also meet me at the trailhead (exact time to meet at trailhead will be in the backpack trip email a few days prior to the trip).