Awaken - I should have mentioned that it is not a day hike. I spent 4 days on the trip late in the summer and we had the lakes to ourselves. Caught many brookies up to 12" - but most were smaller. I have also taken the chair at Crystal up to the top and walked down to some of the small lakes to hit brookies. You can do the same at Snoqualmie and get to some small lakes off the logging roads. There are cutthoart in some of the lakes.