Bald Mountain
Aug 08, 2004
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Bald Mountain
- Region: North Cascades -- Mountain Loop Highway
- Trails: Bald Mountain (#572)
- Avg Rating: 2.25
We just hiked about 3.8 miles along the Bald Mountain trail, from the Ashland Lakes trailhead, and it is NOT EASIEST! I don't know how it every got that rating, it was 1800 feet elevation and lots of rocks, roots and tricky footing. An easy trail would be one you could take while recovering from a sprained ankle. There were some slippery logs on the ridge, but the boardwalks between Beaver and Upper Ashland lakes were OK, despite the rain on Friday. We also were disappointed by the views, I do not know how much further you would have to climb to get views without looking through the trees, but we did make it to the saddle that was described and got some glimpses of peaks through the tree trunks. There were some huge beautiful rocks and a few rock slides that made good resting spots.
The trail had 3 trees blown down but easy to get around, there was a little water on the trail, not really very muddy, lots of rocks and roots, not all that many bugs. It was all in forest or swamp, with only one trickle of water. There were hardly any other hikers and only 5 cars in the parking lot.
This trail should really be rated moderate and not easy.
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