Went on this hike Sunday with a few neighbors. It was me and my husky Freya, my neighbor with his Malamute and Black Lab, and another neighbor plus husky. For those that don't know, to get to the trail head you have to drive up a dirt road with a bunch of rocks. Not sure how the smaller cars made it there without screwing up their alignment or bottoming out. I went in my neighbors early 90's Jeep that had no doors so we made it a fun ride by splashing through the puddles and purposefully going over the rocks haha. Anyways the trail is nice and shaded for the most part due to all the trees. Wasn't too many people on the trail either which was nice. Quite a few streams on the trail and a couple small water falls you have to cross which was fun. After about the first mile or so we let the dogs off leash and they stayed together with us as a pack on the trail. We stopped at Diamond Lake for quite awhile and let the dogs run around. I think it is a 5.2 mile hike to the lake and back.

Looks like they had a great time!! Nice pics btw!!  

Aww they're adorable Rolling around in the snow! Great pics!

just saw this thread, the 4th of july TH is the only trial i have hiked so many times i lost count! its always a fun one, but i have never been to the lake always up to a summit! love there is still snow there as well. yeah that road sucks!