Ha ha, I guess I should have been more clear in my description. This was from July. It was summer. In SoCal everyone is in bikini's at the beach, I get up to Mt Rainier and everyone is still dressed like it's winter....I am with Ben - this looks like late spring thaw time. There is no lake in the middle of the winter there
Oh yeah - I think they close that road in late fall along with the road leading to Packwood.
Ha ha, thanks Ben! It was July, the dead of summer in SoCal and I had thought everywhere else too, but I found out I was wrong.Well heck, there is ice free area here, must be spring.