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Downey Creek, Cascade Pass — Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
One of many scenic points

Ptarmigan traverse

Notes about trails:
    - Trail head to Cascade Pass - nice popular trail;
    - Cache Glacier - easy
    - Middle Cascade Glacier - easy one
    - Spider Formidable Col (Franche ?) - super scenic point
    - La Conte Glacier - maze of creases, wet ice, scary bridges;
    - South Cascade Glacier - flat and easy
    - Decent from Lizard pass to White Lakes - steep loose rocks
    - Dana Glacier - relatively easy, mix of snow and rocks;
    - Cub Lake to Bachelor creek - unexpected hill at the end ;)
    - Bachelor Creek - 2.5 miles of old unsupported, overgrown trail, really hard to follow, very slow;
    - Downey Creek - 6.5 miles of good runnable trail with some fallen trees;

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