Cutthroat Pass via the Pacific Crest Trail — Thursday, Jul. 5, 2001

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

It was the best 4th of July ever ! Three of us left Rainy Pass on the 4th and hiked to Snowy lakes to spend the night. There was some snow at Cutthroat Pass and some more patches along the trail between Cutthroat and Granite Passes. Hiking poles would be a good idea, I understand someone died there last year. I was sorry to hear the news. The hike is beautiful, lot's of flowers blooming along the trail and more on the way. We saw marmots, and one mtn. goat in a cave in the far distance. Overall the trail is in good shape, some wet places where the snow is creating runoff. We did do some work to the bridge that crosses Porcupine Creek on our way back down on the 6th. We used some old bridge material and built steps up to both sides of the new log bridge to aid in stepping up to the log with a heavy pack. Hope everyone enjoys our efforts, it did not take long and it was nice to contribute. Michael