Cutthroat Pass via the Pacific Crest Trail — Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

What a beautiful day for a hike! We took off early and reached the trail head at Rainy Pass at about 8:30 am. Sunny and clear and not a bug to fear! We made it up to the pass in about 3 hours and hung out around there for about 30 mintues to an hour then made our decent back down (though it was tempting to keep going up to Harts Pass!). Took us about 2 hours to get down and never encountered a single soul. Considering the problem with bugs on this side, I would recommend driving a little further east and doing this hike because it was well worth the 2-3 hour drive! No bugs, great trail, great views, tons of blueberries, very few people...How could you go wrong'