Waking up in the morning, because it was so cold, the lake was covered in a mist shroud, partially seen in the photos below. It burned off pretty fast once the sun was above the horizon. This is looking to the south.
We got the bear bag down, cooked our water for breakfast, and packed up. It was a beautiful day. The first segment on the day's agenda was the BMM38 trail, taking us to West Canada Creek, which I had run the evening before. It is shown in the map below.
Along the trail we saw a pretty big (but dead) tree growing on top of a very large erratic. It was hard to get it all in one frame.
At the intersection with the Northville Lake Placid Trail. We've been here before. Before we had hiked south to north on the NLPT. This time we were coming in from the east. To the left, south, Spruce Lake is about 4 miles. Here we turned right, north, for just a short way to the West Canada Creek.
This is the West Canada Creek crossing at the outlet of Mud Lake. On the right, below, a view upriver from the bridge looking East toward Mud Lake.
The bridge we crossed in 1999 was in splinters. There had been signs at
the Pillsbury Mt. trailhead telling us the bridge was out, and that in times of
high water it would be necessary to turn back. Fortunately, this was a
time of low water and it was easy to step across the rocks to cross. Just
across the creek, and up a bank, sits the Cold River #4 lean-to.
Here's a picture of the bridge I took in 1999:
