Whitehorse Trail - Swede Heaven to Darrington — Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2014

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

A group of us enjoyed a day hike on this trail, however we encountered a couple of things others should know about: The trail was VERY wet beyond the Darrington Bluegrass Festival grounds.... virtual "lakes" across the trail. Also, a short ways to the East of the festival grounds at a big bend in the river, the trail is about 1/2 washed out. This is a very dangerous situation as the trail is high above the raging river at this spot and one could easily meet their demise if more of the bank gave way as one crossed this section of trail. It's not an easy place to bushwhack a detour route. Otherwise, it's a lovely trail with majestic mountain views in some areas.