We learned about Lake Sylvan from Donna and Phil Schumer from Ames, Iowa. We met them in the campground and learned a lot about the area from them since they have been camping here since 1978, and were spending three months here this summer.
On Tuesday, August 26, we decided to take the hike around Lake Sylvan. The first picture shows the trail that we were planning to take around the lake. As we were starting, we bumped into some people who were just coming off of a 2.8 mile mountain hike (Sunday Gulch Trail) that started at Lake Sylvan. So, we decided to take the mountain hike rather than the simpler hike around the lake. The other pictures show some scenes on the mountain hike.
If we return someday, we will take the mountain hike again, but we might go the first mile and turn around and repeat it since we liked that part of the trail most. It was VERY steep and VERY rocky and VERY shady. The remainder of the trail was nice, but it was more boring (lots less rocky) and a lot of it was quite sunny.
After the fact, we also learned from Phil and Donna that there is another mountain trail on the other side of Lake Sylvan. This other trail goes to Harney Peak, which is the highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies. Phil says that this trail is long, but not strenuous. The trail we took was not as long, but quite strenuous.
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