Sulphur Mountain — Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

We walked the Sulphur Mountain trail as a part of a three day bike camping trip on the Suiattle River. This trail has obviously not seen a lot of use since the Suiattle River Road has been washed out, but is in fine condition. Nature is working hard at reclaiming the trail but it's easily followed for all 5 miles and 4100 vertical feet. It's a grind through the trees, starting out in dense heavily mossed forest and climbing up to a lovely grass covered alpine peak. The views from the top are outstanding. In late august the only viable water source was a creek crossed in the first half mile, so bring plenty along for the climb. The trail is clearly not used frequently, but has seen some maintenance. We had to cross a couple of blowdowns, but others had obviously been cleared in recent years.