Kendall Peak Lakes Snowshoe

Late start at 9:30 as the third car. The snow was already quite soft, probably from the temperature and recent rain, so we put the snow shoes directly.We met one large group of hikers on their way dow...

Great snowshoe experience with wide trails the whole way. As of March 9, there's about 6" of snow in most spots. Microspikes would be useful. I had snowshoes, but they were likely not necessary for th...

Started late, about 10:30, no cars at the TH. The track started well packed and quickly became just one set of boot tracks. Needed to switch to snowshoes about 1.5 mi up the trail. At 3.0 mi no tracks...

Great day for a winter hike! The snow was falling and coverage on the trail was good. We opted to use micro-spikes because the snow was packed and had no issues.

Parking for a few cars in front of the sign but is mainly along the side of the road. We arrived at 8:40 and there was only three other cars but when we left the cars went all down the road.Three port...

I doubt you'll need snowshoes for this hike by the time you're reading this, but they were super helpful for the fresh powder first thing this morning. Big thanks to the crew of women who broke trail ...

I decided to spend the night at the first of the three lakes.The trail is 100% snow from the parking lot to the lakes.  The snow is compact but soft at lower elevations.  I never postholed while on th...

A nice hike all the way to the viewpoint and the lakes. The snow is relatively firm for the first half, but I needed to put on snowshoes above 3500 feet. Wet day.

Decided to do a snow shoe to Kendall Peak Lakes because the weather was going to be nice. There hasn't been much new snow recently, so the snow on the trail is packed down really firmly, so you don't ...

I hiked up all the way to the upper lake today. The weather was perfect. The snow is dry and packed. I did not need snowshoes or snow spikes. I recommend skipping those until there is new snow, but ca...