Green lakes, deep valleys, and the longest tendrils of waterfalls you've ever seen defined the North Cascades, our last stop in Washington. And when I say the lakes were green, well, the pictures speak for themselves. (Supposedly it has to do with how glaciers melt and create the lakes, taking flecks of rock from the mountainside with them.) The waterfalls were difficult to capture on camera, but were essentially vertical streams running down the mountainsides. We went on a couple of hikes the full day we were here, trying to immerse ourselves in the mountains and stay close to the lakes.
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This is a good representative picture of what you'll find here
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Snuck off the path a bit to get closer to this waterfall--well worth it
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| This was definitely a hidden gem |
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One more, to give you the full immersive experience
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We think the waterfall you can see on the bottom right was the end of the one from the pictures above
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A bit foggy, but you still can't hide the mountains' presence
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This could totally be a poster advertising this place
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Check out this dam view
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Shoutout to the random guy from Idaho who took our picture. Also Abby almost dropped her phone off these rocks.
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We went for a trail run the morning before we headed out, with a grand plan to jump in the lake afterwards and feel refreshed. Lakes fed from snowmelt and ice are pretty far past the "refreshing" part on the temperature spectrum, however, so we opted to just dunk our heads and move on instead. Super pretty spot though.
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