Lake of the Angels / Mt Stone '06,  Olympic National Park,  Aug 1, 2006 - Aug 2, 2006     page 29 / 60

In the past, I have hiked across the snowfield, easily progressing toward the summit block. This time, though, the snow was a bit steeper than I was comfortable with. We did not bring ice axes, so we followed along the base of the rock, just beside the snowfield.