Andrews Creek — Friday, Jun. 4, 2010

North Cascades > Pasayten

10 minutes into the hike is a ford of Little Andrews Creek. It was knee deep, but with the basketball-sized rocks under the frothy whitewater it made for a tricky ford. I couldn't see the rocks underwater, so I had to be carefull with my foot placement. Once safely across, I promptly fell when a boulder rolled underfoot. The trail is in pretty bad shape, with lots and lots of fallen trees across the trail, and water just runs down the trail in several places. I hit snow at about 5,800 feet, and it was a long and slow slog through snow to reach the pass, and even more snow on the other side. I've never post-holed so bad, it took 2 hours to go 3/4 mile.