Cleetwood Cove Trail

Strenuous well worth hike

Although the hike is steep going down, the views you get are beyond breathtaking. The actual color of the water changes as the further you descend. I did take a dip in the water (you must) although wa...

It is a hard climb out

So the trail down to the lake is mainly covered with lots of switchbacks. The payoff is seeing the lake up close. We were there on July 6, 2023, and unfortunately the boats were not operational at th...

Wait for the boats to run again

The hike is very steep. Currently, it is not worth the effort since the boats aren’t running. The vantage point isn’t as grand as from the top. The water was too cold to swim in. If you did brave ...

Worth The Hike

My best advice is get here early! We arrived at 7:15am, hiked down and had the lake to ourselves for about 30 min. It felt like we were the only 2 people in the world. As we hiked back up around 8:15,...

Difficult but rewarding

This is obviously an easy hike down and a difficult hike back up. But it is very much well worth it. We walked down in the morning and spent a hour or so hanging out by the lake. Unfortunately the ...