8 Mile Lake Winter: 6 December 2020
Winter Hike / Snowshoe We started planning this for 2 reasons, seeing part of the Enchantments without permits during off season, and hopefully seeing no crowds during Covid. My friend and I arrived at Bridge Creek Campground on Saturday night around 8pm, there was one vehicle parked at the closed campground, hence we parked on a flat spot that was cleared by a snow plough. I must admit sleeping in an SUV is nice :) We started at 5.24am on Sunday, temperature around 25F, it was cold! To get to 8 mile trailhead was about 3 miles and just over 1200feet of elevation on the road.The road was snow packed but icy in spots, hence we put on microspikes, we also carried snowshoes. We reached the 8 mile trailhead at 6.50am, still dark, but early light was visible, we had some water, and a quick snack, and continued on the 8 mile lake trail with microspikes. The trail was easy follow with recent bootpack. Around 8am we saw some sun rays light up clouds over the enchantments, we took some pic...