I decided to return to this lake to try to get some photos which I was unable to do before. I arrived early and was at the lake before anyone else. I saw the first other hiker only after completely hiking around the lake. I was able to get some pretty good images, but the weather wasn't quite as clear as the last time I was at the lake.

The trail runs through a few switchbacks across a rock slide about two-thirds of the way up, and that is where I got my first set of pictures. Here is one of the view from the upper part of the rock field. A few maples have managed to establish themselves along the trail at this point, and are well wrapped in moss and ferns.

Once you reach the lake, you are treated to an amazing sight. On the far side of the lake, a rock face rises from the rubble field that borders the lake. The top of the mountain was lost in the clouds on this day. The hundreds of small waterfalls that stream down the rockface were partially frozen, and as the day began to warm, the crash of falling ice was a bit of a thrill.

On my trip around the lake, I found that the trail construction activity had stopped for the season. The small trackhoe was in the same place it had been in 2 weeks ago and was still wrapped up. None of the work that was in progress had changed.

At one point, an animal cried out startling me. This was the same place that I had heard the sound on my previous visit, so I was determined to see the critter. After staring into the rocks for a few moments, I saw it. Looking it up when I returned home allowed me to identify it as a Pika, a squirrel sized mammal that shares the same habitat as the larger marmot. Almost directly across the lake, in another rocky area, I heard from another of the little guys.

One last look across the lake from the mountain side. The trail back down is almost directly across from here.