Hendrickson Lake Trail

A beautiful hike, but the beginning is very difficult to navigate due to the fire and plant regrowth. Definitely strenuous for such a short hike and worth it at the top. Would recommend hiking poles for those backpacking and those with bad knees. The growth has come back in full force, and it's now green with new aspen trees and other plants. It has overgrown the trail extremely bad. There are still burnt trees, but the area looks somewhat better. The views of the red rock and alpine trees are wonderful and there’s a small open field once you reach the top. The hike starts off relatively steep and there’s a lot of fallen trees and rocks you have to step over. There are cairns scattered along the way to help you navigate the unseen path, but most have been overgrown and are hard if not impossible to find. Start by going up and slightly to the left, then taking a few switchbacks across the small (not the big one furthest to the left) stream. After a few of those, you’ll want to stick to the RIGHT of the stream and you’ll then run into the path which will remain easily followed and well marked until the top. Do not follow up the left of the stream unless you want to do a lot of bushwhacking (our mistake). Use the uploaded map to go side hill to the right of where the trail used to be as the original area is too overgrown and thick. There’s a few fire pits built around the lake and lots of places to hammock and set up camp if backpacking. The area around the lake has overgrown as well, there isn't much in the way of camping anymore.