Bedal Basin, Cutthroat Lakes via Walt Bailey Trail — Friday, Jul. 3, 1998

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

We wanted to hike in to Cutthroat Lakes the easy way, by Road P5000 as described in Best Hikes With Children, but when we called DNR, we learned that road is permanently gated and locked, because there has been so much vandalism and garbage there. So I guess we'll have to do it the hard way again, by way of the Walt Bailey Trail.