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Park Butte, Railroad Grade
Oct 02, 2008
by
jasonracey
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last modified
Oct 02, 2008 01:34 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Park Butte
- Region: North Cascades -- West Slope
- Trails: Park Butte (#603)
- Avg Rating: 1.50
- Railroad Grade
- Region: North Cascades -- Baker Lake
- Trails: Railroad Grade (#603.2)
- Avg Rating: 3.00
- Why You Should Go Now
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- Fall foliage
- Ripe berries
Mount Baker from Park Butte
The drive up FR to the trail was a little rough in the area where some work is being done. Otherwise easy. Took a wrong turn at one point trusting the 100 Hikes book. The mileages in these books are always significantly off for me (and not by a consistent degree).
The trail is in fine condition. There were hordes of people. Lots of berries. Good fall foliage. The only possible obstacle was that the trail crosses a stream that grew significantly in volume over the course of the day. Did not require any wading however.
I made it up to about 6400'. Some people were skiing down the Easton Glacier. Looked like fun. From the summit I think you can drop to around 6300' before having to take off the skis. That makes something like 4400' of vertical. Not bad.
http://www.flickr.com/jasonracey
The trail is in fine condition. There were hordes of people. Lots of berries. Good fall foliage. The only possible obstacle was that the trail crosses a stream that grew significantly in volume over the course of the day. Did not require any wading however.
I made it up to about 6400'. Some people were skiing down the Easton Glacier. Looked like fun. From the summit I think you can drop to around 6300' before having to take off the skis. That makes something like 4400' of vertical. Not bad.
http://www.flickr.com/jasonracey
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Looking across the Easton Glacier to Eldorado Peak and Boston Peak
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