Boulder River — Friday, Mar. 8, 2002

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

We hit the trail early Saturday morning. The snow was fairly heavy from the night before and we didn't dare drive to the trail head in our little Toyota. We parked at French Creek and hiked the 3 miles to the Trail Head. By noon, enough larger 4x4s had driven through that smaller vehicles could easily get through. There were a few blow downs but nothing that posed a problem. Right after the falls, there was a landslide that left several large boulders on the trail that needs to be climbed over but again no problems. There was only one couple ahead of us, so we were often blazing the trail in fresh snow. Lots of fun and unusual for this hike. The falls were great and there were lost of icicles hanging from the various cliffs along the trail. We had a blast, it was a great day for Boulder River.