North Fork Sauk River, White Pass - Pilot Ridge Loop — Sunday, Sep. 4, 2022

Wanted to give a quick heads up to other hikers that my friend and I were followed by a cougar between the turn off to Pilot Ridge and before the switchbacks to White Pass. We technically never saw it, but it was a “what can climb trees and would be following humans for three miles?” kind of situation. We were hiking right at dawn and it stopped following us once we started seeing other campers and hikers. Just be super aware if you are hiking between dusk and dawn in the river valley.