Sauk Mountain
North Cascades
Wildflowers are currently spectacular on Sauk Mountain, with reports from June 25th noting abundant Tiger lily, Columbine, Penstemon, and more. The road to the trailhead is rough with significant ruts, especially the last section, requiring high clearance or parking in a pull-off below. While some reports suggest the road is manageable with careful driving (June 15th, June 19th), others emphasize its difficulty and recommend AWD (June 4th).
Snow is largely gone from the switchbacks, with only lingering patches near the ridgeline reported as of June 15th. The backside may still hold snow, with reports from June 10th and May 30th noting cornices and a need for careful footing on snow traverses. Traction devices or an ice axe were recommended in early May reports but seem unnecessary now. Be aware of aggressive grouse noted in a May 22nd report.
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Widlfowers are going off! Tiger lily, Columbine, penstemon, Sitka valerian, pink mountain heather, arnica, paintbrush, asters, phlox, harebell. All that warm weather in June combined with a low snow y...
Not much to report, drive up is rugged but passable in our VW Tiguan. A bit of snow on the back side traverse but easy to cross. First time hiking this trail and the bang for your buck is definitely a...
Road to the trailhead is honestly fine. Not the smoothest forest road in the world, but nowhere near as bad as some people make it sound. It’s a mountain road — a little rough in spots, but completely...
While the road is rough, if you go slow and steady you'll make it to the trailhead in one or two pieces. The trail needs a work party this season. People keep cutting the switchbacks and the erosion...
Gorgeous hike fog and clouds were covering most views but did clear up a little bit snow still on the backside of the mountain creating some cornices but besides that give it a week or two hike will b...
Gorgeous hike fog and clouds were covering most views but did clear up a little bit snow still on the backside of the mountain creating some cornices but besides that give it a week or two hike will b...
First time here, and it was a very nice hike. The hope was that with starting at 12:30pm the clouds would dissipate, but it wasn't to be, as it was all fog.The long road up to the trailhead has many p...
Hi We're the Mountain Goats and yesterday I (Terrence) did Sauk Mountain off Highway 20.Sauk Mountain is a fairly prominent peak in the Triumph-Blum Area, east of Baker Lake and visible from Concrete,...
While looking for an outing to do, some friends suggested this hike. I'm glad they did, it was probably the most "view-full" hike I've ever done.The 7.5-mile road up is badly potholed in many places, ...
Trip report from Sunday, May 24The road is moderately pot-holed for the majority of the way up. Going slow makes it easier to navigate around the worst of it, and we managed in an older Subaru Foreste...
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