Today we hiked around and up Scout Mountain on the Diamond trail (the blue loop at the top of the map)
The map is used by the lodge to keep track of where their guests are going. Each morning you fill out your hike and the direction of the hike in a different color and put it in the "out of lodge slot". When you return, you move it to the "at lodge slot". This allows them to know when and where to look for guests who are missing.
The trail to the top of Scout Mountain is pretty easy - no real steep parts. There is a bit of a rockfield to cross to reach the top as you have to go cross country.
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| Top of Scout Mountain |
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| At the top looking back across the rock field |
At the top, we had a great view of the ridge and rim trail that we walked on yesterday before heading back down.
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| Looking toward the ridge of the Rim Trail |
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| Hiking down the back side of Scout Mountain |
We dropped into a forested area with many different flowers along the trail. We hiked with another couple from Canada.
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| Showy Fleabane |
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| Arrowleaf Ragwort |
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| Sitka Valerian |
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| Canadian Lousewort |
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| Red Indian Paintbrush & Lupine |
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| Lupine |
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| Fireweed |
A bit before Scout Lake, we had nice view of Scout Mountain from the trail. The lake was a great spot for lunch with Scout Mountain behind the lake.
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| Scout Mountain |
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| Scout Lake |
Then, back to the lodge where we saw the resident deer.
It was a bit more smokey today than yesterday, but we got back before it really rolled in. The smoke seems to come into the area in the afternoons with the mornings being great for hiking around. The loop hike was 6.3 miles with 1080' of gain. We ended the day with a kayak paddle on Quiniscoe Lake.
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