{"id":390,"date":"2010-12-20T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T23:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2012-05-24T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T05:41:17","slug":"source-lake-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Source Lake, November 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source Lake Trail<br \/>\nDate:<\/strong> November 22, 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Difficulty:<\/strong> 5 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Distance:<\/strong> 6 miles roundtrip<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation Gain:<\/strong> 700 ft<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 3 to 4 hours<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> I-90 exit 52; Alpental Ski Area<br \/>\n<strong>Users Group:<\/strong> Hikers &amp; Leashed Dogs Only<br \/>\n<strong>Permits:<\/strong> None Required<br \/>\n<strong>Trail Conditions:<\/strong> 12\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to 20\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of fresh fluffy snow<br \/>\n<strong>Hiking with:<\/strong> 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We met at our usual Starbucks, exit 17\u00c2\u00a0 to decide on what hike would suit everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00c2\u00a0was\u00c2\u00a0raining all morning, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we decided to hike Source Lake at I-90 exit 52 at Snoqualmie Pass.\u00c2\u00a0 The rain kept coming down and it finally started to change to snow at the pass; as much as I love the rain\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.I would rather\u00c2\u00a0put my gear on in the snow than the rain any day.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally snowing now, we exited at 52 and drove pass Alpental Ski area to the last parking lot.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After putting on the gators and MSR snowshoes we started our snow adventure.\u00c2\u00a0 It started deep and just got deeper; we were the first ones on the trail, which meant fresh deep snow.\u00c2\u00a0 We followed the main snowshoe trail for a couple of miles and finally started to pick-up some elevation as we got closer to Source Lake.\u00c2\u00a0 This is where we started blazing our own trail, at times we were going through snow waist deep high.\u00c2\u00a0 After hitting the 3,800 foot level, Dr. Rob and I took turns breaking the trial; even with snowshoes on, we were sinking down over our knees.\u00c2\u00a0 Linna and Evangeline were loving life with Rob and I compressing the trail to manageable 6 to 10 inches of snow.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Staying at the 3,800 foot level, we weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t on the main trail\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but just North enough to get around it and head for the east side.\u00c2\u00a0 We had to be a little careful crossing the creek that feeds into Source Lake; there were some mini size crevasse that we had to cross.\u00c2\u00a0 After getting on the East side, we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find the trail at first, so we trudged our way up in search for the trail back to Snow Lake trailhead.\u00c2\u00a0 We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find it at first, so we angled our way Southeast through the trees until we hit the avalanche prone area.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though the chance of an avalanche was low, we crossed this area with care.\u00c2\u00a0 After carefully crossing the open area, we found the trail and we were on our way home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source Lake Trail Date: November 22, 2009 Difficulty: 5 out of 10 Distance: 6 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 700 ft Time: 3 to 4 hours Location: I-90 exit 52; Alpental Ski Area Users Group: Hikers &amp; Leashed Dogs Only Permits: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=390\">Continue reading <span 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