Snoqualmie Lake Hike

If you are looking for a good overnight hike I would recommend this one. We started at the beginning of the trail head which was just past Middle Fork Campground. We hiked about 4.5 miles until we reached Otter Falls. We went up the side of the mountain to reach Otter Falls (it's tricky to find, just look for the piled rock formation). Then we ate lunch and continued on for an additional 4 miles to Snoqualmie Lake. I must warn you, the final 2 miles (by my watch 2.5 miles) it's all up hill and very rocky so take your time. There were multiple camps to pick from and we found ours immediately. It was right next to the lake and it was a large area perfect for both of the tents far enough away from the fire pit that I didn't worry about something catching on fire.

Once we got everything situated I boiled us up some water so we could eat our food. I had to do this quickly because the storm was coming.  It started with thunder and then came the lightning and rain.  We knew it was coming so we rushed into the tent and ate our food in the tent and watched the storm hit.  After about an hour it let up so we went back outside and started looking for wood to build a fire.   We had a pretty impressive fire, which was nice.  It kept us warm which we roasted marshmallows and drank our spiked hot cocoa.  It was a great trip.  We look forward to many more overnight hikes!

Checkout the hike map on my hiking blog at: http://hikearoundwashington.blogspot.com/2013/08/snoqualmie-lake-trail.html