CHS 2 Hike - Melakwa Lake

Meet at the Denny Creek Trailhead, Time TBD, but expect it will be early for this long day of hiking.  A Discover Pass is required for parking.  There are restrooms at the trailhead.

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A carpool option will be given in the "Hello Hiker" email.  A car shuttle is required for this through hike.

This hike requires a car shuttle.  We will drop one car at the dead end of Tinkham Road off I90 exit 42, then shuttle the driver up to the Denny Creek trailhead to rendezvous with the other hikers.  After the hike the driver of the dropped car will shuttle the other drivers back to the cars at Denny Creek, and they will drive back to exit 42 to pick up the remaining hikers. 

We will do a through hike, visiting Melakwa, Upper Melakwa, Lower Tuscohatchie, Pratt, Island, Rainbow, and Mason lakes.  Since this is a long hike, we will have two 20-30 minute stops for meals during the hike, first stop at Upper Melakwa Lake, and the second stop at Island Lake.