Yellow Aster Butte
Sep 27, 2008
by
D. Inscho
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last modified
Oct 01, 2008 09:12 PM
- Type of Outing
- Multi-night backpack
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Yellow Aster Butte
- Region: North Cascades -- Mount Baker Highway
- Agency: Mount Baker Ranger District
- Trails: Yellow Aster Butte (#699)
- Avg Rating: 4.28
- Why You Should Go Now
- Ripe berries
This place has been a good friend over the years, delivering many hours of sunshine in the diminished days of Autumn. She is a beauty though, radiant in blueberry blush, and redolent sweetness (I can see why Kristine would not let me go alone on this trip). It is her perfect season, and the trick is to get there just before the eternal snows smugger the color and mire the meadows.
Kristine, Bodhran, and I couldn't bear to wait any longer; besides we had a mission for mountain fruit. As luck would have it we encountered Laura, a good friend of ours in this beauty spot. She was with her capable friends, and together they made a dynamic trio, confirming all those stories I've heard over the years about Cascade exploits. It was good to catch up on things in such a sweet setting.
Our hike in under drizzling skies early on Saturday morning did not deter us from intending to sleep out under the stars. It cleared and we were rewarded with a galactic blaze throughout the night. Offshore flow whisked away early frost. We were treated to warm bright days worthy of any summer. We spent much of the time exploring about the ruins of old diggings, and mining Autumn treasure by the quart. Bodhran browsed blue right along with us, occasionally breaking to wade about in the local tarn.
Really though, good friends are a treasure unto themselves, and we needed to look no further. We certainly enjoyed seeing Laura in her natural habitat. As for Yellow Aster Butte, it was a splendid visit in these waning days of the Cascade Season.
Kristine, Bodhran, and I couldn't bear to wait any longer; besides we had a mission for mountain fruit. As luck would have it we encountered Laura, a good friend of ours in this beauty spot. She was with her capable friends, and together they made a dynamic trio, confirming all those stories I've heard over the years about Cascade exploits. It was good to catch up on things in such a sweet setting.
Our hike in under drizzling skies early on Saturday morning did not deter us from intending to sleep out under the stars. It cleared and we were rewarded with a galactic blaze throughout the night. Offshore flow whisked away early frost. We were treated to warm bright days worthy of any summer. We spent much of the time exploring about the ruins of old diggings, and mining Autumn treasure by the quart. Bodhran browsed blue right along with us, occasionally breaking to wade about in the local tarn.
Really though, good friends are a treasure unto themselves, and we needed to look no further. We certainly enjoyed seeing Laura in her natural habitat. As for Yellow Aster Butte, it was a splendid visit in these waning days of the Cascade Season.
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