Burnt Lake / Towards Paradise Park / East Zigzag Lookout
Posted: May 14th, 2016, 6:26 pm
I used this as a basis (http://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide ... Creek_Hike) but tried to see how far towards Paradise Park I could get before heading back to summit East Zigzag.
Headed out yesterday it was a beautiful day for a hike and a great day to get above the heat. The trail to Burnt Lake was in great shape very easy stead ascent. Lost Creek Falls was very pretty. I wished I could have scrambled down in the canyon for better shots but I was solo hiking and didn't want to risk getting stuck. Burnt Lake was cold and covered in a film of pollen. With my allergies I didn't dare take a quick dip to cool off. Patches of snow were still in the shady spots starting about halfway up the switchbacks towards the junction with the Zigzag trail. As you headed east towards Paradise point the snow wasn't just in the shady spots and was pretty dense. The trail was hard to find at times and after about a mile the footsteps I had been following stopped. I was only wearing shorts so once I dropped though a meadow of snow up to my knee into a creek of meltwater underneath I decided to turn around and finish my trek. The trail and the lookout itself were snow free, just a little clinging to the sides. Trilliums and many other wildflowers were out. Views of Hood, St. Helens, Adams, Rainier, Jefferson, and 3 Fingered Jack from the top. Burnt Lake looks like a neat little camping spot and as a buddy Jim pointed out later stocked with brook trout. Worth a revisit.
Log of the hike forgot to pause it for my lunch break.
Small clearing with multiple colors of Trilium.
View upstream above Lost Creek Falls.
Another view above Lost Creek Falls slow exposure this time.
Slow shutter view over the falls.
One of many creek crossings. Some nice souls made an ad hoc bridge from some downed trees.
View of Mt. Hood from the path up to East Zigzag Lookout.
Zoomed view of Mt. Hood and contrails and dust blowing down the canyon.
Another wide shot of great view of Mt. Hood and the valley below.
Like an episode of CSI enhance enhance zoom in. Sharpen it! Whoa that's a lot of climbers.
View of Mt Hood and Burnt Lake below. I hiked around it on the way back down
Not a great shot through the haze but Jefferson and a tiny little 3 Fingered Jack
View of Mt Hood from a meadow on the side of Zigzag Mountain.
View over Burnt Lake towards Mt. Hood.
Yours truly at my turnaround point.
Headed out yesterday it was a beautiful day for a hike and a great day to get above the heat. The trail to Burnt Lake was in great shape very easy stead ascent. Lost Creek Falls was very pretty. I wished I could have scrambled down in the canyon for better shots but I was solo hiking and didn't want to risk getting stuck. Burnt Lake was cold and covered in a film of pollen. With my allergies I didn't dare take a quick dip to cool off. Patches of snow were still in the shady spots starting about halfway up the switchbacks towards the junction with the Zigzag trail. As you headed east towards Paradise point the snow wasn't just in the shady spots and was pretty dense. The trail was hard to find at times and after about a mile the footsteps I had been following stopped. I was only wearing shorts so once I dropped though a meadow of snow up to my knee into a creek of meltwater underneath I decided to turn around and finish my trek. The trail and the lookout itself were snow free, just a little clinging to the sides. Trilliums and many other wildflowers were out. Views of Hood, St. Helens, Adams, Rainier, Jefferson, and 3 Fingered Jack from the top. Burnt Lake looks like a neat little camping spot and as a buddy Jim pointed out later stocked with brook trout. Worth a revisit.
Log of the hike forgot to pause it for my lunch break.
Small clearing with multiple colors of Trilium.
View upstream above Lost Creek Falls.
Another view above Lost Creek Falls slow exposure this time.
Slow shutter view over the falls.
One of many creek crossings. Some nice souls made an ad hoc bridge from some downed trees.
View of Mt. Hood from the path up to East Zigzag Lookout.
Zoomed view of Mt. Hood and contrails and dust blowing down the canyon.
Another wide shot of great view of Mt. Hood and the valley below.
Like an episode of CSI enhance enhance zoom in. Sharpen it! Whoa that's a lot of climbers.
View of Mt Hood and Burnt Lake below. I hiked around it on the way back down
Not a great shot through the haze but Jefferson and a tiny little 3 Fingered Jack
View of Mt Hood from a meadow on the side of Zigzag Mountain.
View over Burnt Lake towards Mt. Hood.
Yours truly at my turnaround point.