Trip Report

Huckleberry Mountain, Suiattle River Trail — Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Trip Report By

Jay L

100

Type of Hike

Day hike

Trail Conditions

Obstacles on trail:
Overgrown in places.

Road

Road impassable/closed

Wildflowers blooming
Hiked with a dog

Thought I would give Huckleberry Mountain a try, since it was not to far up the Suiattle River Road from the gate where the road is closed. Started out at 10:00am. Found the trailhead, but after about a quarter mile it was too grown over. If I was by myself I would try to bushwack, but had the little dog with me. It was such a nice day I decided to keep walking up the road. Made it to milepost 17 and turned around. With the exception of the two washouts close to the gate, I thought the road was in great shape, but have not been past milepost 17. They are going to start working on this road this summer and I'm pretty excited about it. Can't wait to hike the trails here without long road walks or biking in. The Huckleberry Mountain Trail is close to the gate but needs some work.

Trailhead

Comments

Yeah, go back

Jay, if you do get a chance, bash through the brush. It's not a very long stretch, and beyond that the tread ought to be good except perhaps a washout or two. It gets brushy again around Fred Bugner camp, and there are likely blow-downs above that camp (the silver fir forest must be reaching the end of lifespan, maybe...?...there are a lot down here and there...?).

Caution though - there are nettles in the brushy area where you were. Can't be avoided, but maybe wear long pants & long sleeves for that section, then change once you're through it.

Posted by:

"Kim Brown" on Jun 05, 2013 12:03 PM