Hannegan Pass and Peak, Copper Ridge Loop — Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022

Got to meet up with an AWESOME group of 5 ladies I’ve had the pleasure of hiking with each summer for four years in a row now!  We stopped off at the Ranger Station and were able to get permits for the Copper ridge Loop Trail!  The trail up to Hannegan Pass was smooth, then we took a detour up to Hannegan Peak for some Epic Views (and snacks)!  We had one gal in our group need to head out at this point.  Now down to 4 gals.  The trail down to Copper Creek Camp was smooth and well graded, but still a bit of a knee buster, but good times.   Next POI was the hand propelled bridge across the Chilliwack River.  This was very cool!  There’s nothing like swinging in a little bird cage over a roaring river : )  We had one group member take the Brush Creek Side trail to log some more PNW Trail miles and the rest of us continued on the loop.  Down to 3 gals.  Next the trail was smooth sailing down to Indian Creek Camp.  There were quite a few downed trees from there to The Chilliwack River Ford but with plenty of flags, we didn’t have any trouble.  The river crossing was fairly straight forward with plenty of flagging and low water.  I think at the deepest part, the water never went over my knees.  Lots of spawning salmon! The climb up from the river to Copper Lake was a bit rough with some trail obscured areas and 3,000ft of climbing with only one little dribble water source!  But once we broke out of the trees, the views really started opening up and WOW!  Our camp at Copper Lake Camp was my favorite of the whole trip!  So glad we did the loop counter Clockwise!!  Heading all the way out from Copper Lake Camp to the TR was STUNNING!!  Wow!  What Views!  And the Copper Ridge Lookout was pretty awesome!  We boiled out pretty quickly once at Hannegan Pass.  What an incredible trip making memories together!  Another one for our life record books of treasured experiences.  Hike On & Happy Trails All!  We are Blessed!