A Cinder Surprise
If one cares to consult a map, Cinder Lake is only 400m or so north of Hidden Lake. This morning the "Magnificent Seven" hikers proved the geographical fact. We began at the Hidden Lake parking area and proceeded to the beaver dam. Someone with traditional snowshoes had broken the train some of the way. After jumping the running water we proceeded at 45 deg. magnetic down the drainage and soon, behold, Cinder Lake. On the way we had to descend No-Joke-Hill. Some hikers choose to use their behinds instead of skis. What a nice picturesque lake for a short break. We returned to the main trail the same way having to climb up No-Joke-Hill on snowshoes, but we did it. Lunch was on a nice hill overlooking Hidden Lake and some unsuccessful ice-fishing tracks days ago by the hike leader and friends. We then proceeded in the sunshine along the trail to the road and walked back to the cars.
