I was here about three weeks ago when the fog was so thick you could not see Sauk Mountain from fifty yards away. Today everything was revealed: the Sauk and Skagit Rivers, Mount Baker, Mount Shuksan, Bald Mountain, Sauk Lake, The Sisters and even Glacier Peak through the haze to the south.
There are still some wildflowers hanging in there: penstemon, asters, paintbrush, harebell, cow parsnip and fireweed.
The trail is in good condition and just damp enough so that there was no dust. There are the usual dangerous areas characteristic of this area where people continue to cut across the switchbacks. They have caused the trail to be narrow and highly slanted to the downhill side and ruble to accumulate on the trail below.
The Sauk Mountain Road is in generally good condition for a forest road. It has the usual potholes, washboarding and some ruts. Most vehicles should make it okay until the last sharp switchback. Sedans should park below that section. Higher clearance vehicles, even small SUV's, will make it up to the parking lot.
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