Cascade Pass

Drove down Cascade River Road to MP 20, where it is gated. Decided to walk the last three miles before the Cascade Pass trailhead, to see what condition the trail is in. As it turns out, there is still alot of snow on Cascade River Road, especially once you approach MP 22. I ended up turning around a little before reaching the trailhead of Cascade Pass. The snow was getting deeper, plus I had to climb over several avalanche blowdowns on the road. It was nice to see that the area was beginning to look like spring. The trees and bushes in the lower meadows were getting their leaves.

I spotted a large black bear in one of the meadows. He appeared to be searching for whatever edible food he could find, such as grass, leaves, etc. Overall, a nice spring-time trip to the North Cascades National Park.