Around the Bend
Oxbow Lake Loop trail, Middle Fork Snoqualmie, Washington
In addition to visiting the river shown in the previous post, this loop hike also winds its way around an oxbow lake, left behind when the river changed course. The lake curves and bends its way through the lush forest and vegetation that has grown up around it, but with no inflow or egress the water lies motionless in its confinement.
There isn’t a way to access the lake on the hike since the trail runs above it, but there are several good viewpoints along the way to sit in quiet and admire the stillness of the water surface and the clarity of the reflections upon it.
Around the Bend
Oxbow Lake Loop trail, Middle Fork Snoqualmie, Washington
In addition to visiting the river shown in the previous post, this loop hike also winds its way around an oxbow lake, left behind when the river changed course. The lake curves and bends its way through the lush forest and vegetation that has grown up around it, but with no inflow or egress the water lies motionless in its confinement.
There isn’t a way to access the lake on the hike since the trail runs above it, but there are several good viewpoints along the way to sit in quiet and admire the stillness of the water surface and the clarity of the reflections upon it.