WTA crews are still working on this trail! Thanks so much to the volunteer trail crew improving the grading and cutting steps into the rocks on the trail's upper sections.
I arrived to an almost-full Barlow Pass Trailhead parking lot and plenty of cars parked on the shoulder of the highway at 8:30am (Sunday). Many parts of the trail were muddy and wet, but the stream crossings were easy. The hike to the basin took me 3 hours, I spent an hour hiking to Foggy Lake and having lunch, and the descent took me just over 2 hours. The weather was foggy today until well after I had begun my descent, so the views at Foggy Lake were less stunning than many report but more in line with its name. I enjoyed seeing at least a dozen different types of mushrooms on the trail today! There aren't many berries by the trail, though— it's possible they've been enjoyed already by other hikers, but I only saw a few ripe berries despite passing at least a mile of bushes. Happy Hiking!
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