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North Fork Sauk River — Monday, Feb. 1, 2021

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Amazing old growth trees. Potholes, creek, and dry river bed road areas would be best in a vehicle with more clearance. 

Snow was deeper than 2ft, postholing past the knees long before Red Creek. 

Otherwise, the many expected big blowdowns normal for this time of year are not easy to cross. Many branches down make for tricky footing by the blowdowns. 

SUPER cool nurse log had a partial blowdown where the top of the nurselog ripped off. Hopefully if these trees are still living (sideways), they can be spared from chainsaws despite being across trail!

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