Just completed backpacking trip to Silesia with day hike up to Copper Ridge Lookout. The difficult snow bridges (in Hells Gorge) between Boundary Camp and Silesia / Egg Lake are all now melted to the point where you can comfortably cross small streams directly without having to rely on scary snow bridges. As of July 4th there was still lots of snow and careful navigation required at points beyond Boundary Camp. We used Alltrails without issue. Multiple sites in Boundary and one site at Silesia is cleared of snow. As of July 4th, Egg lake was mostly frozen over. The final switchbacks up to Copper Ridge were mostly clear of snow. Did not see mother bear with cubs at Boundary as others have reported. She must have moved on.

We attempted a day hike to the Copper Ridge Lookout, but turned around about three miles east of Hannegan Pass. After increasingly sketchy piles of snow blocking the path where it was already narrow and cut into steep slopes, and an upcoming cliff-like ravine over which the steepest yet of these snow patches was forming a bridge over running water, and we called it. I had crampons and an ice axe, and my friend had microspikes and poles, but even with my gear it felt a little dangerous.

Hiked to the lookout tower as a day hike. Long day, but the climbs aren't too bad. Trail is in excellent condition, with signs of work done recently and more work to come. Lookout was unmanned, but there was a mountain goat and plenty of marmots hanging around up top.

Leaving report to say that the trail is dry between Boundary Camp and Copper Lake. Between them the only water access is Egg Lake. Plenty of streams between trailhead and Boundary Camp.

A spectacular hike with wildflowers and stunning mountain views. I did it as a day hike to Copper Mountain lookout, but it would make for an awesome backpack. The road is in ok shape a lot of small potholes and a couple large ones. The bugs were annoying at times but nothing too bad and the trail is in excellent condition.

Finally scored a permit to Boundary camp for a beautiful three-day backpack trip to the Copper Ridge area (although was hoping for Egg Lake, was glad just to get a permit!). First day, we hiked to Boundary camp with a side trip up to Hannegan Peak. I highly recommend this, as the 360 views of surrounding peaks, including Shuksan and Baker, were stunning! (see photo above). The trail from Hannegan Pass to the peak was steep, but in good condition, with no scrambling or tricky footing.

Note that the first couple of miles from the trailhead to Hannegan Pass has a fair amount of sun exposure. It was a hot day and we were glad we had a fairly early start, as the trail could get scorching hot. There are several places to get water along the way to Hannegan Pass, including great access at Hannegan camp. Boundary camp had good access to water via a short walk down a steep trail, and the camp sites were spacious and private, if a little dusty. Flies were bad, so if you're going soon, come prepared. There was a bear food locker near the trail down to camp, and a trail to the toilet (no lid) was also near the food locker. Shortly after we had set up camp, a major thunderstorm came through, igniting several fires in the area (we saw only one of them, a minor column of smoke far on the ridge, so we decided it wasn't too worrisome). 

On our second day we hiked to the Copper Mountain Lookout. Note that there are only one or two water sources in the initial mile or two from Boundary camp up through the woods to Copper Ridge (really just trickles), and no other sources except for Egg Lake. The hike to the lookout was beautiful, with meadows galore, wild flowers, ripe blueberries, and gorgeous mountain views, as it wound up, down, up, down and finally up, and up to the lookout. Trail was in good condition, with no tricky footing or scrambling. GPS said the round trip was 10.2 miles, with 2,869 of total elevation gain. The 360 views from the lookout were breathtaking! Another hiker asked of us it was worth doing both Hannegan peak and the lookout, and our emphatic answer was yes! (See photo below). We also  saw a column of smoke down the ridge, really just a wisp at first, but as the wind shifted, it grew into a column. 

When we woke the next morning, the valley was filled with smoke. As we packed up to leave, we checked our Garmin Inreach, and a message from our daughter informed us that the Hannegan pass trail and all camps on Copper Ridge, including Boundary, were closed because of fire. We realized we should have checked earlier (lesson learned). We quickly left and on the way down we met a Ranger on his way up to put up a sign and let people know to leave. Needless to say, we didn't see many other people on their way in.

All in all, a really amazing backpack trip, and despite the long line of cars parked up along the road on our way into the trailhead, there was plenty of solitude.