Mount Pugh — Thursday, Jul. 3, 2025

Mount Pugh was on my list for years and I finally decided to check it out with my two other friends. We got to the trailhead at 0730. It is pretty remote trail, parking lot can basically fit only 1-2 vehicles on the side of the road, no bathrooms. As mentioned previously, bunch of trees to cross during first 4 miles. We brough axes and spikes, did not use them because snowfields were pretty small and very steep and snow did not appear safe to get on so we choose to bushwack to the right. I was very thankful for offline maps as it made much easier to navigate when we could not see a trail. When you finally get to the open ridge with view of the mountain, you realize that mountain looks somewhat intimidating for faint-hearted. One steep section to climb down at the beginning of the ridge walk but after that it was not bad all. We were the only party on the trail today, shared summit views with local marmot. Clouds came and left, and we were thankful to get glimpses of surrounding peaks of North Cascades. 
No drinking water past lake, so plan accordingly. One of my friends ended up with tick on her neck so watch out for those.
Alltrails millage was way off, my garmin clocked in 12.5 miles RT.