Park Butte — Saturday, Sep. 29, 2001

North Cascades > Mount Baker Area

The day was too nice to ignore and I swallowed my concerns to hike a trail I feared would be mobbed. Trail having major work done,having never been up on this side of Baker during the ""bare"" season do not know what the baseline is. Gas powered tractor and diggers being used to make a horse highway it looks like hmmmmmmm lots of berrys and a fair amount of walkers. Having occasionally done trail work for the WTA and other folks I have comfortably ignored the double taxation of the trail pass. However as we came down !!!! sure enough enforcement day at the trail head!! 30$ tickets. They said if you do not pay its failure to comply with some federal court and a warrant is swown out for your Arrest!!! I think you need a new box to check for problems you encountered on the trail ""federal authorities"" Other wise a great day in late fall