Spectacle Lake

"If you are itching to make your backcountry camp lakeside, you could do much worse than Spectacle Lake, an absolute stunner at the base of the jagged Chikamin Ridge. But the price of admission is high: 11 miles one way from the Owhi Campground. While the trail only gains 1,500 vertical feet over that distance, some stretches of trail are rough, and crossing Lemah Creek can be formidable. Make way for thru-hikers on this remote stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail, then carefully pick your way down the rooty spur trail to the lake. An isthmus juts out into the water, dotted with prime campsites. "