North Fork Sauk River — Monday, Sep. 1, 2014

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

We had a great day hike. We started with headlamps at about 5:30am and finished at about 6:30 pm. Hiked from the N. Fork Sauk River Trailhead to White Pass and back. Huckleberries were plentiful within 3 miles of White Pass and it was hard to keep hiking when there was so many yummy berries to make us stop hiking. We saw blacktail deer and mountain grouse. There were some hikers on the trail along with one group on horseback. The weather was a bit of a mixed bag- the day before was rainy and overcast with very poor visibility and the day after was rainy and overcast but we lucked out. The day that we were there the weather was blue sky with chilly temps in the am and warming temps thru the day.