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Summary Sunday morning hike along the Maple Pass Loop trail in the Okanogan National Forest in the North Cascades. You can either go clock-wise or counter-clockwise, although I took the counter direction. This is a moderate, non-technical hike. The trail gains elevation steadily up to the North Cascades National Park
Summary Sunday late afternoon hike along the Hannegan Pass Trail and up to Hannegan Peak in the Mount Baker Wilderness of the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is an easy to moderate, non-technical hike. The trail gains elevation gradually initially, but gets more pronounced as you
Summary Monday hike along the Lookout Mountain Trail in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is a moderate-difficult, non-technical hike. There is considerable elevation gain along the entire route. The trail has several creek crossings in the the upper portion of the trail, with a varying
Summary Sunday hike along the northern portion of the Baker Lake Trail (#610) in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is a easy, non-technical hike. There is minimal elevation gain along the entire route. The trail skirts along the eastern bank of Baker Lake the entire
Summary Saturday hike at Huckleberry Mountain in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is a non-technical hike that is moderate in difficulty, but is more strenuous once you get into the snow. I did not utilize snowshoes, but did make use of microspikes. I did not
