Road: Great condition. Dirt, recently graded, some potholes.

Trail: Smooth hiking until the Boundary Camp/Hannegan Peak fork, where intermittent snowfields begin. The trail to Hannegan Peak has intermittent snowfields but we were able to summit wearing normal shoes/with poles without issue.

Water: Numerous little streams and waterfalls throughout.

The road to the trailhead is in fantastic condition, only a couple potholes. Trailhead had plenty of space and the vault toilet was clean, stocked with tp, and smelled of fresh cedar. Trailhead does require a pass - we saw two cars with tickets on their windshields. We only hiked two miles in so I do not know the state of snow at the pass.

The trail is very brushy in the sections that aren't in shady forest and has a couple small shallow creek/snow melt crossings. I recommend water proof shoes instead of the highly absorbent sneakers I made the mistake of wearing. TONS of wildflowers blooming right now. overall, a beautiful hike.

Road is in great condition.  Just a half dozen cars at the trailhead.  Flowers are plentiful with Phlox, Violas, Paintbrush, Pennston, Lupines, Bleeding Hearts and many more blooming.  Spotty snow after camp area, then solid snow at pass.

The Hannegan Pass Road is in great shape with only a few potholes to avoid. Today and tomorrow, the Forest Service is working in the trailhead parking area and visitors must park along the south side of the road just before the lot. I started out in the dark at about 4:00am and I only hiked the first 3.5 miles or so of the trail as the pass and peak are still mostly and often deeply snow covered. Cool and slight breeze most of the time made for a bug-free beautiful dawn light show on Ruth, Sefrit and the Nooksack Range. Pictures below show the worst trail obstacles on the lower trail: flowing water, snow banks and snow bridges. There was pretty heavy runoff in places that are usually dry or trickling in the summer and fall. Can only guess what it might be like in the afternoon as the day was calling for the warmest temperatures of the year, so far and I left while it was still cool and shaded.

Decided to take advantage of this nice fall weekend to head to North Cascades National Park. After a nice visit with the rangers at the Glacier Service Center to pick up our permit we were on our way! The road to the trailhead had large potholes making the 5 mile forest road slow going.

We set off just after 9am from Hannegan trailhead. The trail was nicely graded with beautiful views of Mt. Ruth the whole climb up. At 3.5 miles we poked into Hannegan pass camps which were quite nice with a peaceful stream going straight through.  At 5 miles we passed into the park boundary and would only see 4 more people over the next 24 hours. As we climbed to Copper Ridge we encountered increasingly beautiful views of Baker, Shuskan and the interior North Cascades. The blueberry bushes were all red with plenty of delicious berries still in the bush. We made it to Egg Lake at about 2pm and scoped out all 4 of the (very nice) campsites deciding to settle in the one by the bear box overlooking the late (note there's also a compositing toilet in great condition at the lake). After setting up camp and a fortifying snack break we hiked on to Copper Mountain Lookout. The lookout was closed for the winter but the vistas did not disappoint. We headed back to camp and the wind had really picked up making us glad we were not a Silesia camp on the ridgeline. No one else came to Egg Lake for the night and we enjoyed out "private" lake. Total day stats: ~13 miles, 5500 ft climbing

It was COLD overnight! We woke to partially cloudy skies and small flurries accompanying us on our hike out. As soon as we passed Boundary camp we began to see a number of other parties. After arriving at the car we were surprised to find some evidence of mouse activity despite having no food in the car! Not sure what else we can do to keep those buggers away. Total day stats: ~8.5 miles, 1500 ft climbing

In sum, this was a beautiful fall overnight with solitude, high quality trail/camp condition, and amazing "big mountain" alpine feel. Will definitely come back to this area!