Three day lolipop loop starting at the NF Sauk trailhead on a Tuesday morning. Great weather forecast. First night's camp was along the Foam Creek trail, past White Pass. Recent trail work on NF Sauk and White Pass. Foam Creek trail is good, probably more beat-in now that this route is the access for the standard route to climb Glacier Peak. From its end to the Foam-White Chuck col is a climbers track and steep/loose in places. Once at the Foam-White Chuck col, I dropped down off trail into Glacier Peak Meadows and contoured down to camp about a quarter mile from the PCT. The last day took me across the valley to access the PCT which I then took up through Glacier Peak Meadows to Red Pass and then back toward White Pass. A sharp right before the Pass took me down the NF Sauk to the trailhead.
On the way out on Thursday I tallied the incoming climber:hiker ratio as 2:1. Lots of people coming in but most were climbers.
Beautiful trip!
PS - had an up close encounter with a wolverine on this trip. A fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime experience!
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