Beautiful fall foliage hike. Tons of huckleberries towards the top. We ended up going up to railroad grade instead of the lookout. Left around 10am, returned to the car at 2:30pm. Caution: Seasonal bridge was removed today.

The forest service road with has plenty of pot holes but easily passable for all cars.

Weekend trip spending two nights on the base of Mt Baker. First night along Railroad Grade campsite. Standard PNW fall weather or fog, wind, clouds. It's fall berry season so millions of tasty ripe blueberries. Ate them by the handful, added them to my granola, took some home.

Second night at Mazama Shelter campsite. Clouds moved away overnight and turned cold but rewards with fantastic views. Stopped at Park Butter lookout on hike out.

The road in is potholed and rough, but i think most vehicles would be fine. We drove around many of the larger potholes. This trail is brethtaking. Today the ground was damp so we had no dust from the trail. It was surprisingly uncrowded. The temperature was perfect for a hike (65 f or so) with little wind. Blueberries carpeted the area and they were ripe and sweet. A creek crossing was challanging for some. We hiked upstream and found a good spot to rock hop across. On our way back we found some kind soul had made a crossing out of wood. Once at the Lookout there were people, but plenty of room to check out the lookout and surrounding views. Mount Baker maintained a cap of clouds just above the bottom of the glaciers but we even got some sun.

Went on a Thursday. Saw about 8 parties, > 20 people total. Our progress was slowed by picking huckleberries which given their size, one could not resist. Fording the river in the afternoon (around 2pm) was somewhat challenging as river level had risen. Driving back down the forest road was akin to a rodeo ride.