Cataract Trail

This weekend Matt and I met up with Hope and her dog, Dewey, to hike Cataract trail up in Marin.  The hike was punctuated by a very angry rattlesnake who tried to bite Hope's dog, but luckily we all escaped unharmed.   This out-and-back hike follows Cataract creek, which winds through a beautiful mossy forest and eventually plummets roughly 1,100 ft in about a mile to reach Alpine Lake.  The return trip can be pretty steep in sections, but it's good training for our upcoming trip to climb Mt Washington!