Sorry for the late response, I haven't checked this account in a while. I typically turn off from the trail at 49.06308, -120.93776. The trail gets quite close to the creek there. From that point I hike upstream until I'm on the eastern side of the spot where Nepopekum and Shadow Creek combine. There are a few log jams upstream from there that can be used to cross Shadow Creek.

@@trevortory236 greatly appreciated! Will try it next year.

i wanna see a video of somebody hiking to it

The black flies were quite bad on the summits. They weren't as bad as I was expecting at the creek which was nice. Usually I get hit with really thick swarms of them if I'm hiking along a creek or river. I did a hike on the Skagit River a couple of years ago where they were bad enough that I ended up putting my jacket on in 32 C/90 F heat. Definitely made me understand the stories of explorers going crazy from weeks of unrelenting black flies. There's a lot of American hikers coming in on the PCT right now, so if the black flies prefer Americans, maybe I'll try to buddy up with one of them next time I'm hiking in black fly territory

@@trevortory236 :)

I mounted my Go Pro with a Karma grip. It's a gimbal (electronic stabilizer) designed to be used with a drone. The battery in it only lasts for about 1.5 hours, so I didn't shoot continuously. I tried to capture enough of the hike to give a good idea of what the hike feels like. Real time, I was hiking for about 2.5 hours, covering 9 km in that time. I didn't really have to walk in a special way, but I did try to take corners really slowly.

That would be Thunder Lake, filmed from the western end of the lake

I hiked through the night and got to the meadows an hour or so before dawn. It made for a very long night, but it was worth it.