Goat Lake

We did an overnight at Goat Lake and it was lovely. The camping area is right before the lake and had ~15 groups. Everyone was quiet and respectful.We took the lower trail up (more scenic and near the...

Beautiful day for this hike!As other reports have mentioned, there are some significant blowdowns after the lower and upper trails join on the way to the lake past the wilderness boundary. As noted by...

Started our hike around 8:30am. The parking lot still had a few spots left. We took the upper trail first. It had a few blowdowns that weren't a problem to navigate. After the two trails converged aga...

We only took the upper trail both ways. The few fallen trees along the upper trail were easy to pass. The upper trail is in pretty good condition and very pretty with several mini waterfalls.A lot of ...

Blowdowns being delt with by a wonderful Forest Service crew the Thursday we hiked. We did the lower trail in spite of the reports. The first two places had been cut out and were obviously fresh. We h...

10 of us from the Mountaineers did an overnight backpack at Goat Lake. We started at 8:30 on Saturday morning, Took the Upper trail as the lower one has many difficult blowdowns.Upper trail has a few ...

I wasn't anticipating 30 minutes on gravel for the approach - I guess it's been years since I've done this part of the Mountain Loop Highway. And without cell service I was unable to double check - bu...

We took Mountain Loop highway from Darrington to the closed gate just past Bedal Creek; the gravel road was in great condition, and it looks like the road past the gate has also been recently worked o...

Goat lake is one of my favorite hikes. I love doing it before they open the access road to get to it. Riding my bike the 4 miles to get to the trailhead is something I enjoy doing yearly.This year, es...