Photographic Evidence

Shelf and Solitude Lakes

Trailhead: Glacier Gorge
Via: Mills Lake

Shelf Lake
Distance: 4.7 mi
Elevation Change: 2,040'

Roughly a mile and a half up the trail from Mills Lake there's a meadow on the west (right) side of the trail. Here a faint trail heads to Glacier Creek. There's a large flat boulder in the middle of the creek that makes crossing fairly easy. The faint trail then climbs pretty much straight up the side of the gorge alongside the outlet stream from Shelf Lake. After the trail tops a granite shelf, cross the creek.

Solitude Lake
Distance: 5.0 mi
Elevation Change: 2,240'
From Shelf Lake, head southwest over rock slabs. The outlet of Solitude Lake cascades over the slabs between the lakes.