After the short Mount Walker hike, I decided to find a longer hike, with less of a grade. The Tunnel Creek Trail is relatively flat for the first 3 miles or so and then gets steep for the last mile up to Harrison Lake. The most recent trail reports indicated that there was snow about 1/4 mile from the top so I added my microspikes to my pack.

The trail was enjoyable and then, just as promised, it got steep. Near the top I found that as the weather was warming up quickly, the snow was not icy but mushy and I started post-holing up to my knees. The guidebook said it was 4.1 miles to Harrison Lake and my GPS said 4.1 miles but I never saw the lake. I suspect that it was just a bit further but when I realized that the freshest tracks in the snow I was following were from a bear, I turned around!