Yellow Aster Butte #699
Aug 10, 1999
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Yellow Aster Butte
- Region: North Cascades -- Mount Baker Highway
- Agency: Mount Baker Ranger District
- Trails: Yellow Aster Butte (#699)
- Avg Rating: 4.28
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Overgrown
- Snow on trail
8/9--8/10, Keep Kool trail is officially closed, but still in surprisingly good condition, very few blowdowns but somewhat brushy; snow-free almost to lower meadows. Lower & upper meadows & lakes 100% snow covered, some drifts upto 30feet deep. Lakes not even visible. Unlikely to melt free this year.
Yellow Aster Butte itself is snow free. The new trail between the butte & Gold Run pass poorly signed, not flagged, and mostly buried in huge snowfields. Extremely difficult to follow & at least one particularly treacherous, exposed snowfield.
Gold Run pass trail also snow covered the last 1/2 mile or so, but well flagged. Lots of blowdowns along entire trail, some clearly several years old (and this is the ""new"" official trail to YAB. Sheesh).
Overall it makes a terrific loop trip through some spectacular scenery & views. Mid-week we saw no one.
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