We had an awesome hike to the rattlesnake ledge on last Saturday morning. We reached the trail head around 10 am in the morning. It was cloudy, so the weather was very pleasant, not hot nor cold, perfect weather ort hiking. There are a bunch of parking lots around the lake at the foot hills, all of them were full and people started parking on the road side already. We pulled over on the road side and parked on the side, and walked to the trail head, a five minutes’ walk.

Here is a panoramic view of the Lake form the ledge. Copyright Muraleedharan Raghavan

There were a lot of people hiking, it was a perfect day for hiking, and the long weekend added to the crowd.  We reached the top within an hour, and the view from the top was amazing. We could see the cascade mountain range clearly and the water in the lake looked blue.

Here is another view of the lake from the park near the trail head. Copyright Muraleedharan Raghavan