Finally back to Mt Hood. It’s been a while since I’ve been there. On one side well there’s not enough snow to go skiing but on the other, there was too much snow to do anything else. But now it seems like finally we get to enjoy this beautiful place. We started our hike right above Lost Creek on the Burnt Lake trail. This trail goes all the way to the lake ascending about 1500’ in a bit over 4 miles. It is a gorgeous trail with plenty of green and lots of water. A true vision of spring and summer. Once we got to the lake we took a short walk trying to get around but were not able to pass thru some big patches of snow. After a short break next to the lake and enjoying the view, we continued further up on the Zigzag mountain trail to a fabulous view point that not only gave us a magnificent view of Mt Hood but also of the northern cascades. From that point we were able to see Mt Adams, Mt Rainier and Mt St Helens right in front of us. At that point we decided to head back down and made a stop again at a hollow tree to take some pictures. We did notice in that area a lot of old burnt trees, perhaps that’s were the name of this trail and lake comes from.
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