Hiking to Dream Lake???

I am pondering getting up and hiking up to Dream Lake for sunrise tomorrow. Would I need snowshoes or will the trail be packed down enough to go without? Has anyone been up there lately? Thanks in advance for any info.

Josh

I havent been up there, but id be willing to bet that the trail will be very packed down. If youre sticking to the well-trodden path, no need for snowshoes, but personally id bring them anyways cause that gives you the option to go off the path. Should be reasonably calm tomorrow, have fun! I briefly considered Dream for tomorrow, I think sunset is the better option for tomorrow, so I will be headed west.

should be hard packed and do-able without snowshoes, but I always wear snowshoes because you never know where you might wanna go off track

If you don't bring snowshoes, consider Yak Trax or equivalent. Probably from the no-sh*t-Sherlock department, but thought I'd mention it.

You will not need snowshoes for that trail..it will be very packed down.

I was up there last weekend. The trail was hard packed and I went up after a snowfall the previous night. I took no snowshoes or trax, just boots. Of course, this was my first time up that trail (predawn) and I lost the trail at Nymph lake since I wasn't familiar with where it went around the lake. So I only made it that far and shot sunrise (which didn't really pan out) from there. So I don't know the trail conditions past that.
Trax are advisable as there were a few off camber areas where things had drifted. Snowshoes for the off trail areas is advisable too.

Kalin

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