You’ll cross a newly-built footbridge over the rushing creek as you approach Talapus Lake, at the two-mile mark. This is the first of your two lakes, and is a perfect picnic spot for day hikers. There ...

Few of the 700 lakes are easier to reach than family-friendly Talapus Lake, west of Snoqualmie Pass. The lake gets plenty of visitors, but the crowds shrink as summer gives way to autumn.

Talapus Lake Trail No. 1039 begins at the end of Forest ... Mushrooms are emerging from the dark earth and chipmunks are preparing for winter, scurrying to and fro, snacking on pinecones twice ...

Olallie Lake and Talapus Lake. Backpackers able and willing to put in more miles will discover even more enticing and remote places to visit. The first couple of miles of Trail 1038 are easy and ...