Yellow Aster Butte

This is a great hike. Unfortunately both of the times this year I have tried to go up it have been turned around. This time on Labor Day I left at approximately 12-30 pm and the weather was pretty overcast. I could see snow in the upper parts of the ridges and mountain tops around including the ridge above the trail itself. The hike is very well maintained and other than mud was in great shape up to about the 5000 ft level. There I began running into snow and about a 1-4 mile before the junction with the Toyhoi Lake trail snow was on the trail. I proceeded past the junction about ¾ mile but realized that the views were not going to be good so turned around there. Unfortunately there was no view of the butte or of Mt Baker. I then went from the junction up to the ridge on the Tomyhoi Lake and then down the trail.

I look forward to next year on a good sunny day to go on this trail all the way to the butte top and down to the tarns and finally enjoy all it has to offer!