Hannegan Pass and Peak — Wednesday, May. 28, 2025

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.