Cecret Lake
hikers: just us, as it seems to be on most hikes we do these days!
distance: 4.5 miles, out and back
elevation gain: 1210 feet
mosquito population on the trail: trillions
We hiked to Cecret Lake from the parking lot at Alta, right before the toll booth! This meant we didn't have to pay, we got a longer hike, and we hiked through the wildflowers! Win, win, win. The wildflowers might or might not have been at their peak but if it wasn't their peak it was sure close. And there were lots of people taking photos.
There is a parking lot just before the toll both. The trail starts at the edge of the parking lot between the Albion Grill and the Ski School building.
As you head towards the ski lift you see a sign pointing the way to Cecret Lake.
Starting out there were some areas were ropes along the
trail to keep people on the trail and out of the wild flowers.
After the wildflower meadows we eventually found ourselves on a utility road instead of the trail. There were some steep parts, and lots of mosquitos! They were eating us alive. I know people use that phrase to mean a lot of mosquitos but they really were eating us alive! Some other hikers offered us mosquito spray and I gladly used it.
That's one of them on my wrinkly skin. I lost count of how many there were.
You can see where one of them got me on my leg. They attacked anything that wasn't covered.
We found our way to the Cecret Lake trail and made it to Cecret Lake.
There were lots of people at the lake but by the time we got back to
where we started there weren't many hikers and it was almost dark!
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