Heading out with the Peninsula Wilderness Club to hike the Heather Meadows - Lake Angeles Loop, another member and myself decided to break off from the group and start at Hurricane Ridge parking lot and hike down to Heart of the Hills ranger station meeting the group on the way down near the halfway point. The other member, Paul had never been to Mount Angeles before and since it was kind of cloudy down below, we were hoping that we would be above the clouds as we hiked along the ridge towards Mount Angeles. We got to the top of the mountain but we never got above the clouds. We attempted to route find a little so we could do a traverse over to the Klahane Ridge trail to meet our companions but it was too cloudy to find the way and we lost a lot of time. We decided it best to get off the mountain the way we came, and by the time we made it back to the main trail, the other folks doing the loop were way ahead of the rendezvous point. We decided to just go back to the car and drive down to the Heart of the Hills and meet up with everyone down there. On our walk back to the car, the sun finally made an appearance. When we talked to the guys that did the loop later they told us they got rained on and were mostly socked in with the clouds and had no views. I guess Paul and I made the right choice in going up to Mt Angeles.
Animals seen.
Grouse: around 5 and about 15 chicks.
Marmots: 7 or 8
Deer: 2 bucks and a doe
Chipmunks: 3 or 4
