The trail to Blue Lake is pretty any time of year, rising up through forests and surrounded by craggy Cascade Mountain peaks. In the fall season, it is even better. Bright yellow golden larch trees line the ridges, showing off their unusual coniferous fall color change. Below them, a rainbow of colors wash down the hillside meadows in reds, oranges, yellows, and greens.
Golden larch trees below Cascade Mountain spires
Hiking the Blue Lake Trail
Fall color meadows and golden larches
Hiking up Blue Lake Trail with valley and mountain backdrop
Hiking through the colorful meadows
Approach to Blue Lake across its outflow stream
The cirque around Blue Lake
Blue Lake shoreline