Dock Butte — Sunday, Jun. 7, 2015

North Cascades > Mount Baker Area

Excellent hike! It was a sunny day with few clouds, providing fabulous views of Mt Baker! We hiked with 2 kids up the Dock Butte trail to begin with and able to get very close to the top before we encountered snow fields. The kids played in some of the snow off the trail, but we opted to turn around since the trail was getting too sketchy with kids. The snow is melting fast, fairly slick and slushy and has several small streams under the snow and snow wells. Towards the top of Dock Butte we had fabulous views of Mt Baker! Then we hiked into Blue Lake and enjoyed the view from the east bank of the lake. We did pass 2 couples and then saw a family at the lake. It was about 5 pm when we arrived at the lake and the sun was hitting it just right! There was a lot of brown trout swimming at the surface. The road is rough, but passable. Lots of pot holes in various locations (do watch out for them). The trail was in fairly good condition, but there were a few down trees to cross.