Wild Goose, Artist Ridge - Huntoon Point & Heather Meadows — Thursday, Jun. 19, 2025

The final three miles of Mt Baker Hwy are still closed for the season but the road has been plowed as far as the entrance to the artist point parking lot. So while the actual trails are all still buried under deep snow, you can park at the Bagley Lakes trailhead and walk up the road to Artist Point. That is what we did and it was beautiful.

Lots of big snow walls, some small snow melt waterfalls, and a few small rockslides. The pond at the Heather Meadows parking area was just starting to begin it's thaw and an employee was getting started plowing out the Heather Meadows parking area. We spotted a pair of marmots and one pika in a snow free rocky area.