Mount Dickerman
Sep 29, 1997
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Mount Dickerman
- Region: North Cascades -- Mountain Loop Highway
- Agency: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
- Trails: Mount Dickerman (#710)
- Avg Rating: 4.11
Taking advantage of
the promise of the only sunny day this week, we decided to hike Mount Dickerman. The trail starts at 1900 feet and climbs to ca. 5700. We were pleased to find only three other cars at the trailhead, since this is usually a very crowded place to be--for good reason. It is an outstanding trail--beautifully maintained (lots of great work has been done on it since I last hiked it two years ago). After the first couple of miles switchbacking up through the forest, the trail climbs into the lower meadows, and right now they are gorgeous--turning red, full of blueberries--it was hard to stop eating them! The rest of the hike (about a mile and a quarter) is up through open meadows. The views from the meadows were marvelous--out to Big Four and the Monte Christo peaks. But from the top, they simply couldn't be better--Rainier looming over the top of the peaks to the south; Glacier Peak to the East, Mount Baker and Shuksan to the North--and in every direction hundreds of other peaks. We ate our lunch on the middle summit-- and another party occupied the eastern summit, another one the western--it was great to have this degree of privacy. (The third couple we saw heading down as we were climbing up). Great hike!
[Online-editor note: Hey I'm leading another work party on Dickerman on October 18. Anybody interested']
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