Sauk Mountain is a big ugly lump of rock you pass on highway 20 on the way to better places. However, I only had about 3 hours of daylight left and decided to give it a try. The only snow on the south side of of the mountain is the 2 feet of it on the upper half of the trail. This baby zigzags up a very steep slope, so at times I was wishing I'd brought crampons for the snowy part. A slip could have been bad and the footing was quite slick as the temperature dropped. I hit the end of the trail just before sunset. The slopes on the north sie of the mountain are buried and too steep to traverse without crampons so I couldn't get to the summit. This cost me a big view of Mount Baker. Otherwise, I saw quite a lot. It's great viewpoint, and the setting sun mixed with the light cloud cover on this day made for some great photos.
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