Wildflowers carpet broad meadows near each end of the trail.
Paved parking lot, restrooms, horse trailer parking. Lot and roadside parking. Near Echo Lakes, lakes lie cradled in rocky basins amid dense conifer stands and pockets of wildflowers. Closer to Barker Pass is a rolling terrain of polished granite and glacial moraines, decorated with meadows, ephemeral creeks, and thick woods. Trail begins at the dam below Echo Chalet.