We went on a nice early-season hike in the Cascades this weekend to Silver Lake, which is above the abandoned mining town of Monte Cristo on the Mountain Loop Highway. There’s something fascinating about old buildings returning back into the forest — a reminder of just how impermanent human efforts can be.
The lake, although still snowed in, was pretty nice too.
I love this hike. Monte Cristo is a cool little ghost town, and from that campsite at Silver Lake, you can see at least 11 little waterfalls coming down (or, at least you can when the snow has melted a little more … sounds like a great trip, Jon.