Trailhead to Granite Lake at the barrier in the road that stops any sensible driver, regardless of one's 4x4 at 0 mins.

A look up where more vehicles get removed by the local towing company than any other single spot at 0.5 mins.

The Creek at the trailhead that is now just a trickle, but in normal and wet years roars with water and is even a challenge to cross with dry feet at 0.8 mins.

This hike is all on the deactivated logging road at 5.2 mins.

Cross ditching at 9.3 mins.

More roadbed up at 14.2 mins.

The trail continues to clim up towards the Sunshine Coast Trail junction passed the far end of Granite at 710 metre at 18.9 mins.

Starting to level off at 23 mins.

The Y, left goes down to Granite Lake at 23.8 mins.

A hard left at the Y displays a trail sign, for the usually wet trail down to the Sweetwater trail at 24.1 mins.

First view of the lake at 24.7 mins.

Granite Lake the series at 25.2 mins.

Granite Lake the series at 25.5 mins.

Granite Lake the series at 25.8 mins.

Granite Lake the series at 26.1 mins.

A view out a bit enabling a peak toward the corner of the lake at 26.4 mins.

Going back up the rocky road to the Y at 26.7 mins.

At the Y again, heading down toward the far end of the lake at 27.3 mins.

Passed the lake at the next Y, which is the junction to the Sunshine Coast Trail at 36.4 mins.

The raging water is just a trickle this dry year at 37.4 mins.

Another view of the stream that flows into Granit Lake (left is downstream) In high water a few logs just right of our view here provide crossing possibilities. This looks up the Sunshine Coast Trail toward Lewis Lake at 37.8 mins.

The Y again, with the orange trail diamond visible on the white tree trunk on the right. The trail turns there to proceed up to Coyote Lake and Walt Hill. This continues on the Walt Hill Photo series. at 38.8 mins.