"See www.tfalkchalmers.weebly.com/mountlandalelomaslake for photos from this hike! For a total distance of 25km from start to finish and 9 and a 1/2 hours, hiking Mount Landale was my longest day hike, yet. The hike begins 2km onto the logging roads past Youbou on the Cottonwood M/L road, after 5k walking alongside Cottonwood Creek, passing small waterfalls, potholes on the creekside and carved out sections of rock by the flowing water, you will have to cross a downed tree where the bridge used to be. Soon after the crossing, the trail parts from the creek and continues on upward, passing through dense forests full of large trees, alongside small creeks and waterfalls, through switchbacks and along rock faces with a view of the valley below. After about 12k total, at an elevation of 1100m, the trail comes to a small lake known as Lomas Lake, with a beautiful green shade surrounded by trees and snow covered mountains which feed the lake. Along the backside of the lake, there are multiple routes to the summit of Mount Landale which I personally think was the hardest part, only because the route I took went from a steep hike up the snow to a technical rock climb where the snow end..." — TFalkChalmers • May 29, 2016