Hike to Hart Lake - The Views

Art and I took our first hike to Hart Lake today. The warm May weather has cleared many of the trails, giving us access to places usually not accessible in early June.

The avalanche that came down in early January is now just a huge pile of rubble, with full trees, rocks and dirt strewn all over the area.

As we hiked along the beaver ponds just east of the lake were so green and beautiful. I happened to catch a butterfly in this photo as it swooped towards me.

The warm weather has brought on a huge melt of upper elevation snow. Waterfalls were cascading down the mountains everywhere we looked.

At one point we took a look down Railroad Creek valley toward Holden. You can just barely see the Honeymoon Heights tailing pile in this photo.

Hart Lake Falls was rushing with more water than I have ever seen before.

When we finally crested the trail near past the falls the view of Hart Lake and Crown Point Falls in the distance was fantastic. We had a great day and a hike together.