I was here as part of a WTA Volunteer Work Party. 

First time out this far on the Mountain Loop Highway. The FS road was long and full of mini-ponds. Drove slowly and my little car made it. 

Trail is very green due to all of the recent rain. I stuck around an area about a mile in, where the work party helped by creating wooden posts for a future project. It was very interesting and satisfying work! Such a great group, too. 

Road was bumpy but no problem in my Tahoe.  I had crashed at the trailhead the night before not to have to do the long drive in the morning.  Beautiful evening!  The parking lot is large and has a loop with a few campsites with picnic tables.  The pit toilet was open and in great shape. 

Had the sweet experience of joining WTA on one of their day trail crews.  We cleared a LOT of slide alder moved many boulders to re-establish the trail where a creek had washed out the trail.  We also worked to split cedar planks for use in future projects.  Plenty of sweat, laughs, and got some work done! 

I headed out with a WTA trail crew for a 4 day BCRT from Thursday 6/6 - Sunday 6/9.

We met up Thursday morning, plenty of parking spots. Sunday when we hiked out and got to our cars around 2 pm there was also still plenty of parking I thought. The pit toilet at trailhead was relatively clean and still had toilet paper in it. 

Hike in: we hiked in 4.5 miles/1076 ft of gain to Red Creek Camp, just before the bridge and set up camp for 3 nights/4 days there. 

In 4 days, our 8 person crew removed several downed trees within the first 5ish miles of trail, up to about Mackinaw Shelter. Crew lead Matt said we removed about 20 trees. Part of the crew did take the log off that came down on the bridge right past Red Creek but it's missing some railings due to it now.

We saw several mountaineers pushing for Glacier Peak this weekend, a handful of groups said they summited. 

Shoutout to Matt, Tara, and Perry for leading an awesome BCRT trip!

I was part of the recent WTA BCRT clearing the majority of the downed logs from the trail up to Mackinaw Shelter. A few remain in the first couple miles but are passable. Otherwise the trail is in great shape. I was very pleased with the relatively consistent grade the entire way.

When we returned June 9th the Barlow Pass gate had opened up so you are now able to approach from either side of the mountain loop. The approach on FR 49 is very rough. I recommend an SUV although its not strictly required, as well as taking it slow.

Definitely want to return and explore more of the trail in the future.