Holy guacamole the trail traffic and parking lots today! As beautiful as the trail was, I should've chosen a different hike today. Cars were parked at least a mile down the road from both Cutthroat and Maple Pass trailheads. The crowds on the Cutthroat Pass trail were almost as bad as Colchuck Lake gets.
My gripes aside, the larches were nice and are at peak. I would guess, depending on weather, the needles will have fallen in 2 weeks. The huckleberry foliage has started drying out so that pop of red will start waning soon up north.
Porcupine creek is pretty low right now so it's an easy crossing.
I saw a few Douglas squirrels and heard a few pikas.
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