North Fork Skykomish River, Pass Creek & Dishpan Gap — Saturday, Sep. 27, 2025

Spent a wonderful couple days taking in fall colors and eating hordes of blueberries and huckleberries - meeting some PCT thru-hikers, too, who were ready for the finish line!

Road to TH up to Blanca Lake turnoff and beyond is rough but passable. Just take it slow. We saw a Honda Civic at the TH. Bathroom was in great shape! 

We hiked North Fork to Passing Creek to PCT to Dishpan, then down North Fork - camping at the 13.4-mile site as we started down. The water there is a small trickle of a creek maybe 0.1 or 0.2 above the site. A note that we didn't notice the 14.6-mile site mentioned in "Backpacking Washington" - at least it's not obvious. But you can consistently hear water, so you're never that far from a source - you might just have to go off trail. No water at Dishpan Gap fyi (as expected this late in the season). 

Overall, an awesome 21-mile loop despite the smoke that blew our way Sunday morning.