Three Island Lake Hike

We spent a good portion of the day hiking up to Three Island Lake. This is a high alpine lake about 1,000 feet below the continential divide. It was a Monday in September so we were alone the entire hike and saw only some game birds, chipmonks and deer. Upon reaching the lake we found complete solitude. The only sound was the periodic thud of snow falling off evergreens and the wind breathing lightly through the leaves.