White Chuck Bench — Wednesday, May. 1, 2013

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Started out on the trail at about 10:15am. There were a few spots of patchy snow, but it looked recent and was melting quick. Spring is in full swing here with wildflowers and greenery popping out everywhere. There were quite a few blowdowns and a lot of windfall. The dog and myself only went about 2 miles and the trail was getting pretty grown over. It would not take much for a trail crew to clear this trail, I know there was a lot of damage from the 2003 floods, so I do not know how hard it would be to clear it to the White Chuck road. There were peeks of mountains and you could hear and sometimes glimpse the White Chuck, but the part of the trail I was on did not go near the river. Was back at the car at a little after 12:00pm and headed out to the Old Sauk River Trail. The weather was warm and clear, a great day to be out exploring.