Over the Hill: Snowshoeing on Stevens Lakes Trail
While this portion of Stevens Lakes Trail is typically marked by rockslide, it was instead covered by a blanket of fresh snow over the weekend.
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MULLAN — Winter has a way of changing our landscape and making any outdoor excursion all the more an adventure. It also makes said excursions more difficult.
Stevens Lakes Trail, just west of our border with Montana, has intrigued me since I started hiking in North Idaho. It’s about 4.6 miles out-and-back and climbs about 1,650 feet in elevation gain — an enticing challenge even in ideal conditions.
The diversity of the landscape is what makes hiking in this particular valley so interesting. Before making it up to Lower Stevens Lake (which is larger and said to be more accessible than Upper Stevens Lake), the trail runs alongside a creek closely enough to offer ambient noise and waterfall views. Further up, you traverse across rockslide areas that provide dramatic views of the densely forested valley you’ve just climbed out of.
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