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Hidden Lake Lookout — Saturday, Sep. 13, 2025

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

The trail itself was fantastic. Begins nicely in the woods with some down trees then through a steep, loose dirt section and then into the high alpine with lots of rocks. Trail towards the top is hard to find, caution to people who are afraid of heights. The worst part of the hike is getting about 1 mile away and seeing how high up the lookout still was.

The road - pothole was okay if you can navigate it. There are ways over it without clipping your front end. Parking, however was a nightmare. Too many cars for too small of a lot, also a lot didn’t have permits/passes out for parking. Someone hit another car when we were there and didn’t seem to have left a note, don’t be that person.

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