Cutthroat Pass via the Pacific Crest Trail — Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

If you have the opportunity to do a super busy larch hike early in the season on a random slightly rainy Wednesday, take it! Today was amazing. Saw only 13 people all day including 2 PCT through hikers. The trail is in great condition. The parking lot is still closed but there’s a PCT re-route on highway 20 that’s easy (but a little steep). We parked on the side of the highway. The pit toilet at the trailhead was open and clean and fully stocked. It looks like they’re almost done with the work there, it looks like it’s going to be so nice! We had a little rain off and on the whole hike but the clouds were high and the views were amazing. The streams are still low so easy to rock hop. Some larches are fully yellow but a lot still have a lime green hue to them and a lot of the blueberries at the pass were bright red and there were some ripe ones left. It was very cold and windy at the pass so we quickly ate our lunch and headed back down. Just as we were going down the sun poked through and illuminated the larches for the best views of the day! We could not have asked for a better day in the North Cascades!