Squire Creek Pass via Eight-mile Trail — Friday, Jul. 25, 2014

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

I visited Squire Creek Pass in the Boulder Creek Wilderness today via the gnarly Eight Mile trail. This path is steep, root-filled, muddy, rocky, and wet. Really now, where else can you find Skunk Cabbage right in the middle of the trail... The road to the TH is pretty rough also. But the unique geology of granite slabs everywhere, slab waterfalls, and great views of Three Fingers and other peaks in the area make the quest worth all of the effort required. Only 16 hikers and nine climbers have visited Eight Mile since June 19. I saw three of the climbers on Three O'Clock Rock about 2PM. I did not encounter anyone else on the trail. This destination merits more hikers.