View North from Pansy Lake Trail - Pansy Lake is below those trees Pansy Lake trail Pansy Lake An interesting little lizard sunning himself on the rocks Pansy mountain - you can see the start of the burn damage at the top Some of the burn damage from the 2011 fire Approching the burn area from the Welcome Lakes trail It is pretty much charcoal - almost like another planet Welcome Lakes trail through the burn area - amazingly the rhodies and huckleberries are already starting to grow! Welcome Lakes campsite - I camped here with Carly a few years ago What is left of the welcome lakes camp sign What is left of the West Lake Way trail sign (it was sitting on a log a ways from the trail) Amazingly enough, this trail sign survived intact - it is the way we came down from Pansy Lake The trail sign on the continuation of 554 down to Elk Lake This was really interesting - we saw it in many trees - it was sap, but it was red colored. It almost looked like the trees had bled. Lower Welcome Lake (the larger lake) - there were spots of green around the lake- but not much This part of the trail almost looks normal! Some more islands of green A lone lily in the midst of devastation Back in the unburnt area - West Lake View from overlook above west lake SNOW!!! Next to the trail! Beautiful Mt Jefferson Mt Hood from Bull of the Woods Lookout 3 Finger Jack and the 3 Sisters Paint brush This doesn't even begin to capture the beauty of all the blooming wildflowers! That was supposed to show an insulator with wire still in it - I missed the insulator!!!! Dickey Lake