Twin Peaks Trail

Since Archangel Road didn't sound too promising, Pam and I decided to give the Twin Peaks Trail a try. It was still very much snow covered and quite icy. It stayed around 37 degrees so really didn't soften up much for us. We wore our microspikes, and found poles to be very helpful. Both of our dogs quite enjoyed themselves. It wasn't too bad to the first bench and the overlook with the great view of the entire lake. But from there to the second bench the conditions deteriorated gradually. The closer we got to the bench, the deeper the huge post holes made by other hikers, became. It was tricky navigating around them. But fortunately it stayed frozen so we didn't create new ones. We decided not to try going further up the ridge towards Pepper Peak. That area looked traveled but not packed down at all. We both wished it had been a beautiful sunny day, but that would likely have made conditions much worse and we would have needed snowshoes. It was a lovely 6 mile round trip with the usual amazing view of the lake and Twin Peaks. Certainly a good workout as well.