Steve at the pass between Snow Lake and Source Lake.
After 13 months of rehabilitation and three surgeries, I finally decided it was time to try hiking again. I was still wearing an orthopedic cast and using a cane, but I remembered a friend of mine who had once hiked to Snow Lake wearing a leg cast. Elain and I talked it over, and decided to give the Snow Lake trail a try. We left Seattle at 7 AM, and by 8:30 we had our day-use permit and were hiking up the trail. We made it to Snow Lake in about 1.5 hours. The rocky part of the trail was a little tricky, but the sole on the walking cast had good traction. A few people we passed on the trail made comments; I guess it is an uncommon sight for someone to hobble down the trail with a cast and a cane. Our round-trip time was 3 hours 40 minutes, and the round-trip distance was about 6 miles. Back at the car, I was exhausted, but happy to finally have returned to the mountains. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
Steve at the pass between Snow Lake and Source Lake.
Steve at the pass between Snow Lake and Source Lake.
Elain at the pass between Snow Lake and Source Lake.