Loch Leven

Four of us from the 8:30 group went up the difficult road by Long Lake Reservoir, past Huysink Lake, to the backdoor trail to Loch Leven.  The road has NOT been scraped recently and is very difficult.  Our Subaru barely made it, having to back out and try new approaches. 

We largely opted to explore off-trail, hiking around Salmon Lake and up rocks for views.  Only a few of the resident catfish were visible.  We rejoined the trail to Lower Loch Leven and headed to Middle Loch Leven for our lunch stop.  There, Becky regaled us with her recent trip to France, complete with map.

After lunch we hiked to Upper Lake on the correct trail this time.  Once at Upper Lake, we went off trail again and up on the rocks on the east side.  We explored up there for quite a while, looking for landmarks from high points.

We had hiked 8-9 miles with an elevation gain of 1,777 feet to the height of almost 7,000 feet.  Hopefully the larger group will be back next week and we will do the Castle/Basin hike.