A crew of hardy dry-siders and I made the trek to the top of Glacier Peak via the North Fork Sauk River trail over three days.
The North Fork Sauk River trail-head was packed when we arrived on Friday night and I was happy we were able to find a parking spot. The trail is in excellent condition and travels through impressive old-growth Doug-fir and Cedar groves for the first mile or two. Many fungi were beginning to fruit. At the collapsed Mackinaw shelter (near mile 6) the trail climbs steeply to the PCT and White Pass where the views really begin. Blue berries were perfectly ripe and we took some well deserved breaks to pick.
MMMMMMmmmm nom nom nom nom!!!
At White Pass we took the climbers trail toward Glacier Peak and camped in the White Chuck Basin. Amazingly beautiful.
Saturday we made the climb to Glacier Peak along with a line of other folks. We roped up for the crevasses on the Cool Glacier but the climb was otherwise uneventful.
<3 Glacier Peak!
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