Thunder Creek,Park Creek Pass,Cascade Pass
Aug 29, 2006
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Cascade Pass
- Region: North Cascades -- North Cascades Highway
- Agency: North Cascades National Park Visitors Center (Newhalem)
- Avg Rating: 3.65
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Overgrown
We dropped off a car at Cascade Pass, got permits, and drove to Colonial Creek campground. The Thunder Creek trail is in good shape for quite a few miles. At about 16 miles it gets a bit brushy. Ranger reports were nettles but with bare legs I was ok. There are a few trees down getting up to Upper Thunder Basin camp. Here we saw two bears and a mountain goat (who came into camp). Bugs were out but not terrible.
On the middle day we tucked in Mt Logan. The Fremont glacier has a little snow but the crevasses are fairly exposed. The crux of the trip was the first 15 feet off the glacier to the notch. We hiked down past Buckner camp, which we somehow missed (and boy were we ready to stop walking!) to Fivemile horse camp. The poor campsite is somewhat washed away but makes a passable camp. All the trail from the climbers path to the road is in pretty good shape.
On the last day we hiked down to the old miners road, walked it up towards Horseshoe Basin. Couldn't find the first mine so backtracked and hiked up to Cascade Pass, where I just about passed out. Then down the 14 million switchbacks to the parking area. All that trail is in reasonably good shape. It was hot though -- 97 degrees.
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