Beautiful trail that takes you between Lake of the Woods and Pyramid lake, along the Lakeview River to Goat Lake. Here we stopped to take in the view of Goat Lake and surrounding peaks. We then backtracked to the trail leading to the Boxcar route. The hike along the Goat Lake trail was muddy in places as it had rain the night before but the bugs were tolerable. The ascent up the Boxcar route was an direct incline, very few switchbacks and provided a good challenge. As we approached the alpine it was very dry, rocky and lots of scree. Be prepared to scramble from here on out. We then backtracked the way we came.