1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
4. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
8. 400 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading S.
9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading S.
11. 0.3 miPass Birchwood Lake.
12. 50 ftTurn left onto Birchwood Loop, heading S.
13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sled Trail, heading S.
14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
15. 250 ftPass Mountain Lake.
16. 50 ftSharp right onto Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
17. 0.5 miPass Sunset Lake.
18. 50 ftReach Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
20. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sled Trail, heading NE.
22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Birchwood Loop, heading N.
23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
25. 0.4 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
27. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
28. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
31. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
32. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mountain-lake-birchwood-lake-out-back-10-sights-9-km