April 4th 2021: Hiked around the South side of the lake (still mostly frozen) toward heart lake. From there we followed the ridge up and around till finally reaching the peak. Along the ridge we assessed ski tracks, many off cornices. We could see Castle Arches to the SE. we continued, making a loop until reaching our tracks near the tree line below heart lake.
The snow was pretty wet at the top, making it difficult to stay upright on snow shoes at certain points.
Overall great snow shoe hike with beauty views of the lake mt Shasta, castle arches and mt Ashland to the north.
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