Park Butte — Monday, Aug. 4, 2014

North Cascades > Mount Baker Area

Finally made it up to park butte to enjoy the beautiful views of mt baker on a wonderful sunny day. We left everett around 7 and with a delicious breakfast stop at 5B's in concrete (highly recommend) made it to the trailhead at 10:45am. Quickly we got moving because the sun was hot and the wind was light. The first two miles were pretty easy, a bit steep near the second mile and it took us about an hour. Once we escaped the trees it was easy going in the meadows up to the lookout. The trail is very well maintained with only one tree over the trail, overall it was absolutely beautiful and the scenery was hard to beat. Took a quick look around at the lookout then headed back down to the tarns for lunch. The highlight for me was an American Pipit in the meadow before the climb to the turnoff for cathedral camp. Get out there and enjoy it!