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Hike 6/14 Lost Lake, Chuckanuts, top-down
View over the treetops from Cyrus Gates Overlook, at start of hike
Descending the steep stairs on the Rock Trail
Going past one of many sandstone walls on the Rock Trail
The rock walls are part of a geologic feature called a syncline, and are quite old.
Broken pieces from the walls have wedged themselves into the forest, with the trail cleverly routing through them
The small cavities in the rock are called tafoni. Some are deep enough to climb into
Looking from the inside out of a tafoni formation. They are created from the breakdown of the rock by carbonic acid, which naturally occurs in rainwater
You could have fit 3 or 4 people inside the cave
Goats Beard
Columbine
Tiger Lily
Lost Lake view from the overlook where we had lunch
On the North Lost Lake Trail in forest
Nice shady trail kept the temperature comfortable
She was not able to move the boulder off the trail
Final stretches of the trail near North Chuckanut Trailhead
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