Chipmunk Creek,Phelps Creek #1511,Box Creek,Rock Creek #1509,Carne Mountain #1508
Oct 02, 1999
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
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- Hike: Carne Mountain
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - East
- Agency: Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest
- Trails: Carne Mountain (#1508)
- Avg Rating: 4.08
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- Hike: Rock Creek
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Wenatchee River Ranger District, Leavenworth
- Trails: Rock Creek (#1509)
- Avg Rating: 4.00
- Be Aware Of
- Snow on trail
Saturday and Sunday were glorious. Perfect weather and very few bugs. I Hiked up the Carne Mtn. trail (grunt!) with 2 friends. The larches in Carne Basin showed only a hint of yellow. Above the basin the snow was busy melting off the trail (leaving some slippery mud). We topped the ridge, dropped down onto the Rock Creek trail, and headed around Carne on a high route. Snow was still lingering on the north-facing slopes. Camped on a pumice saddle between north fork Box Creek and Chipmunk Creek. Gorgeous night with a clear view of the milky way. In the morning the sun shone on Chiwawa Mountain, Red Mountain, Glacier Peak, Buck Mountain, Phelps Ridge, Butterfly, and the tip of Ranier. We bagged Carne on the way out. The larches seemed a little more yellow on Sunday.
I was amazed by the flowers still blooming in October. We saw scarlet gilia, phlox, lupine, paintbrush, cinqfoil, twinflower, asters, tiarella, and others blooming at various points along the trail.
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