North Fork Sauk River — Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

This beautiful old growth forest trail is in very good condition and the cedars and Douglas firs are wondrous. We decided to camp at Red Creek Camp about 4.5 miles from the trailhead. It was a much quieter camp than Mackinaw, which is often used by groups headed to White Pass/PCT and beyond. Our energy levels weren't up to that trek this year, so we enjoyed hiking up as far as we could to look out over the valley and see the first of the emerging fall colors.