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canyonwalkerNorth Cascades Travelog #11
Winthrop, WA - Sun, 3 Sep 2023, 9pm.
We're wrapping up Day 2 of our Labor Day weekend North Cascades trip. As with yesterday's wrap-up blog I'm posting this ahead of blogs from earlier today. Those will take longer to post as I need to touch up the pictures.
So, what did we do today? First, for a "North Cascades Travelog" today we were actually in North Cascades National Park. But only a bit, because it's on fire. We drove up there anyway in case the fires are out and some of the trails are open. The road was open— though with one-way traffic near the summit. The trails were still closed. We drove up to the Washington Pass summit, took some pictures, and came back down the mountain.
On the way back toward Winthrop we visited to Cedar Creek Falls. It's a great hike that was already on our list anyway— just something we thought we'd do after hiking some of the trails that are now closed due to fire. The hike took more out of us than we expected but we pressed on to make the most of the day.
In the afternoon we hiked at Boulder Creek Falls. It's about 7 miles north of Winthrop. It's neither as big as Cedar Creek Falls nor as well marked. In fact it's not even marked at all. We parked at an unsigned turnout on a Forest Service road and scrambled down use trails and splashed through a creek. It was fun enough to momentarily forget how achy I was.
We tried adding one more hike late in the day. After Boulder Creek we drove out to the trailhead for Falls Creek Falls (yes, that's really its repetitive name) and considered hiking it. The trail is only about 1/2 mile roundtrip and involves little ascent... but by that we were really tired, and the sky was turning gloomy with bits of drizzle.
We drove back through town and got dinner before returning to the hotel. Back at the hotel this evening we have been so tired. Last night we enjoyed winding down with a dip in the hot tub.... Tonight I just wanted to shower to clean up and relax. I'm wiped. I'll be in bed before 10.
Winthrop, WA - Sun, 3 Sep 2023, 9pm.
We're wrapping up Day 2 of our Labor Day weekend North Cascades trip. As with yesterday's wrap-up blog I'm posting this ahead of blogs from earlier today. Those will take longer to post as I need to touch up the pictures.
So, what did we do today? First, for a "North Cascades Travelog" today we were actually in North Cascades National Park. But only a bit, because it's on fire. We drove up there anyway in case the fires are out and some of the trails are open. The road was open— though with one-way traffic near the summit. The trails were still closed. We drove up to the Washington Pass summit, took some pictures, and came back down the mountain.
On the way back toward Winthrop we visited to Cedar Creek Falls. It's a great hike that was already on our list anyway— just something we thought we'd do after hiking some of the trails that are now closed due to fire. The hike took more out of us than we expected but we pressed on to make the most of the day.
In the afternoon we hiked at Boulder Creek Falls. It's about 7 miles north of Winthrop. It's neither as big as Cedar Creek Falls nor as well marked. In fact it's not even marked at all. We parked at an unsigned turnout on a Forest Service road and scrambled down use trails and splashed through a creek. It was fun enough to momentarily forget how achy I was.
We tried adding one more hike late in the day. After Boulder Creek we drove out to the trailhead for Falls Creek Falls (yes, that's really its repetitive name) and considered hiking it. The trail is only about 1/2 mile roundtrip and involves little ascent... but by that we were really tired, and the sky was turning gloomy with bits of drizzle.
We drove back through town and got dinner before returning to the hotel. Back at the hotel this evening we have been so tired. Last night we enjoyed winding down with a dip in the hot tub.... Tonight I just wanted to shower to clean up and relax. I'm wiped. I'll be in bed before 10.
