Pansy Lake
Having some unfinished business around the Pansy Lake area of Bull of the Woods Wilderness, I got up early Saturday morning and drove to the trailhead. I wanted to get home before noon so I could watch the Ducks manhandle Tennessee Tech.
It had been around 20 years or so since I last hiked to the
lake. Back then, I backpacked through the area, into Pansy Lake and south to
Battle Creek shelter. From there, I made my way down Elk Lake Creek and around
to Welcome Lakes and up to the Bull of the Woods lookout. I remember beginning
the hike in the evening, and when I arrived at the lake, every square foot of Pansy
Lake’s water surface was rippled by feeding trout.
