Just finished a 3 day backpacking trip (Saturday through Monday) through the rain and clouds of this weekend! All in all, it was a great trip, but it was definitely more about the mileage than the views.
No notes on the trail - it's all in good condition and all easy to follow. Only minor issue is that the cable car is closed for repair for at least another month, which means you have to ford the Chilliwack twice (once by US Camp, once by Indian Camp).
Overall, we did 44 miles and 12,700 ft of gain, all in 24 hrs of hiking (over 2.5 days).
We started at noon on Saturday and blasted up to Tapto Lakes for sunset. We expected heavy rain, but didn't get any (and even got some sun) though the clouds stayed low and kept views to a minimum.
Tapto Lakes in the clouds
The next day we headed back down to the Chilliwack valley, through the clouds.
Hiking into the clouds
Finally some sun (which disappeared 5 minutes later)
The climb up from Indian Camp to Copper Lake takes forever.
Copper Lake
Once you're at Copper Lake, the rest of the ridge is all fun, though with more views I bet it would be even better.
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