On a day when it was ninety five degrees in the Seattle area this turned out to be a cool hike on a trail that spends most of the time in the forest where the temperature was in the mid seventies. The hiking experience is mostly to enjoy the huge Douglas firs and Western Red Cedars. There are few distant views along the trail except for a once-only view of Sloan Peak with Sloan Glacier.
Our destination was the Mackinaw Shelter. At nearly five miles we came to the new bridge over Red Creek. If you have an older copy of a hiking book, it may note there is no bridge, but now you have it. The shelter is about a less than a mile beyond. There is a nice place there to cool your feet before returning or pushing on to the PCT connection.
Come prepared for lots of bugs this time of year.
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