Chase Lake Hike with Alpiners

Oh boy! The forcast for today was clear, sunny and in Albany, 29 degrees farenheit at noon!

That did not deter 12 very hardy souls from being at the trailhead at 10am! My niece Emily and her friend Haighlie, 12 and 13 respectively were along as well as the dog, Brownie, a very happy chocolate lab.

Also on the trip were Brownie's person, Dan, Janet and Jim, Evie, Evelyn, Kathy, Gail and Randy and myself. As noted in previous posts, Chase Lake trail is pretty level and in these conditions, very clean. By that I mean everything was frozen, so no mud or wet. No bugs. In the latter part of the trail tere was a very thin covering of snow. We left the trailhead at noon and were at the lean-to by 1130.


Lunch, due to the cold, was a relatively quick affair and we headed back to the trailhead by noon. Throughout the trip we had both sunshine and a light snow or frost fall. With the sun shining thru it, it seemed like we were inside a giant snow globe. It was very sparkly and pretty. The trip back was quick and we were at the cars by 1pm.