Little Spar Lake Trail

The trailhead starts about a half mile up an old forest service road. The first trailhead you come across is for the spar peak trail shortly after that is the trailhead for the upper lake. Its starts off with a realatively easy climb. About a mile or so there is a creek to cross, currently there is a tree that you can use to get across the only major crossing in the whole trail. In 2006 a warm front came through and melted a lot of snow quickly and really widened the creek, which made spotting the trail on the other side a little difficult, look for evidence from other hikers. The trail follows the creek pretty closely so getting water is easy. The trail is mostly in the forest but it has some spots that go through some open areas of thick brush, so an early start is a good idea these open areas are at about at the 3 mile mark and the sun will really warm you up. The last mile is where you can gain elevation about a 1000 feet and separates from the creek until you hit the saddle. Once to the saddle its about a half mile to the lake. The lake has several campsites and a picnic table that is built out of trees cut in half lengthwise, quite a feat for someone to hike up with a chain saw and build. The lake has plenty of hungry trout. Remember leave the area looking better than you found it or leave no trace!