Lake Serene hike (6/28)

For calibrating future hikes: 8 mi round trip, 2000 ft up (not including the side trip to the falls?). Maybe 3 hr up, 2 down, <1 on the side trip.

We went up to Everett, and east on 2, through Sultan and Gold Bar. The hike is up the base of Mt. Index, to Lake Serene, which is as far up Index as you can go without switching over to rock-climbing.

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