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Lonesome lake is one of few naturally occuring mountain lakes. It is a beautiful place to go for a hike. I returned later for a snowy visit during the winter, too.

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	The red shows the path I took, starting and finishing at The Basin.
		At the trail head, lonesome lake is a short 1.8 miles away. Little did I know, the rain that I had driven through to get here had made crossing Cascade Brook impossible, so I had to cut through the forest until I hit the Appalachian trail.

	Just before the trail crosses Cascade Brook, it is solid rock criscrossed with stubborn tree roots.
		The air was cool, but extremely damp. So damp that toadstools were springing up all over.

	Looking down over one of the many falls on the way up.
		Another of the falls along Cascade Brook.

	Although water can be seen running down between these rocks, this is not actually a creek. This is a part of the Appalachian Trail, also known as "a bunch of really large rocks and occasional running water."
		A calm pool of water that the main lake drains into, with Canon Mountain in the background.

	There was a solitary water lily growing (and blooming) in this little pool of water.
		Lonesome Lake itself, with Mt. Lafayette and Mt. Lincoln in the background

	Lonesome Lake with a little bit of rain falling.
		The trail back down to Lafayette campground had lots of aspens growing.

	A small stream caused by the rain was running across the trail. You can see some of the water droplets from the rain on the fir tree.
		A little plant called Indian Pipe was growing alongside the Pemi trail as I headed back to my car from the Lafayette campground area

	A little plant called Indian Pipe was growing alongside the Pemi trail as I headed back to my car from the Lafayette campground area
		Some mist had settled over this stream as the air cooled in the evening.

	Some mist had settled over this stream as the air cooled in the evening.
		Some mist had settled over this stream as the air cooled in the evening.

	A faint rainbow appeared on my drive back to Massachusetts on I-93.
		There is so little wind here that the snow piled up almost two feet on a six-inch diameter tree trunk that fell across the trail

	One of the waterfalls along the Basin-Cascades trail frozen for the winter.