TR: Thousand Island Lake 5/24-5/26
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:20 pm
Hello all. This is my first post here. I came across this forum while researching trip reports to Thousand Island Lake. Over the Memorial Day Weekend, I went up from the Rush Creek Trailhead to Thousand Island Lake, then to Gem Lake, and back out.
Most of the trail from the Rush Creek TH to Thousand Island Lake is exposed and was free of snow. There were some patches of snow before reaching Spooky Meadow and Agnew Pass but nothing worth carrying snowshoes. TIL was mostly frozen over with night temperatures around 25F.
The trail from TIL to Gem Lake was covered in snow above 9500' where it meandered through the dense forest. Most of the snow was hard packed and was easy to traverse. The mosquitoes are starting to make an appearance at Gem Lake. Night temps were in the low 40s.
I want to share some photos from my trip. Enjoy and thanks for all the great information posted here.
francisco
Silver Lake Campground, Carson Peak
Silver Lake
Going up the trail south of Agnew Lake
Agnew Lake
Spooky Meadow
Summit Lake
Banner Peak
Thousand Island Lake
Thousand Island Lake, Milky Way
Thousand Island Lake
Banner Peak, Clark Lakes
Agnew Lake
Most of the trail from the Rush Creek TH to Thousand Island Lake is exposed and was free of snow. There were some patches of snow before reaching Spooky Meadow and Agnew Pass but nothing worth carrying snowshoes. TIL was mostly frozen over with night temperatures around 25F.
The trail from TIL to Gem Lake was covered in snow above 9500' where it meandered through the dense forest. Most of the snow was hard packed and was easy to traverse. The mosquitoes are starting to make an appearance at Gem Lake. Night temps were in the low 40s.
I want to share some photos from my trip. Enjoy and thanks for all the great information posted here.
francisco
Silver Lake Campground, Carson Peak
Silver Lake
Going up the trail south of Agnew Lake
Agnew Lake
Spooky Meadow
Summit Lake
Banner Peak
Thousand Island Lake
Thousand Island Lake, Milky Way
Thousand Island Lake
Banner Peak, Clark Lakes
Agnew Lake