Tiffany Mountain
Aug 30, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Tiffany Mountain
- Region: North Cascades -- East Slope
- Agency: Okanogan National Forest - Tonasket Ranger District
- Avg Rating: 4.00
Great hike near Winthrop! Most of the more famous hikes in the area, like Cutthroat Pass or Maple Pass, are west of town up the North Cascades Hwy. We decided to do a hike east of town, up East Chewuch River Rd, then about 45 mins driving out dirt roads in a northeasterly direction.
There was a burn recently, so recently that the 2008 hiking book we had didn't mention it, but the road and trail are fine. There must have been quite a bit of trail maintenance in the last year to open the trail back up after the burn. Don't let this dissuade you, the trail only stays in the burned areas for the first section and then it's gorgeous.
The hike starts from Freezeout Pass, which is appropriate since it's at 6500 ft, and it did snow on us a little on this end-of-August day. The trail proceeds up through the burn, then out of the burn into lightly forested meadows, and finally up into high open meadows at over 8200 ft. The views go on forever.
There were very few people on this trail, despite it being a holiday weekend.
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