We live in Seattle and this was a far drive, but we love Mt. Baker nat’l Park. We left at 7am and got there a little before 10am (we made a few stops along the way) plus it’s another 30min drive from the FS road. The first few miles had tons of potholes! Drive slow and it’s on both sides of the road so there’s no avoiding them. It gets better once you’re at the fork for Blue Lake/ Baker Campgrounds. There was about 8 other cars in the parking lot.
We (2 adults and a 4 & 6yo) hiked all the way to Dock Butte, it was pretty rough and steep. A lot of tree roots and steep tall steps. We helped the kids up a few of them. There were a few snow patches; nothing major- kids loved it. There was a few times when they wanted to quit and turn back and just go to the lake. We took lots of water and snack breaks, discussed if they still wanted to continue and they did. I was very proud of them because we saw a few groups that turned around. Everyone is always impressed to see our small young ones with us, but we’re advid hikers and I do do my research before I take them on a trail. Once we made it to the top the views were gorgeous! Mt. Baker was magnificent! Bugs.. or should I say FLIES were so ANNOYING! Bug spray did not help! UGH!
Then we headed to Blue Lake on the way down. Flatter hike than Butte but the decent is pretty steep, the last 60 ft. Lake was beautiful, dipped our toes, flies got annoying and back up we went. Got back to the car around 3pm.
Overall it was a good hike, bring plenty of water. I’d call this a 2 bottle Nalgene hike :)
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