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White Pass - Pilot Ridge Loop, Pilot Ridge & North Fork Sauk River — Sunday, Jul. 5, 2015

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
Glacier Peak from Johnson Mountain summit
Pilot-Sauk loop counterclockwise and added the short side trip up Johnson Mountain (6721'). Relevant trail conditions (all in pretty good shape!): Pilot Ridge: 5-10 blowdowns with a few requiring some awkward straddling/climbing over. One creek flowing three miles in from the NF Sauk trail head, then dry until Blue Lake. Pacific Crest Trail: some water flowing north of Indian Pass, on the west side of Indian Head Peak. North Fork Sauk: streams flowing after the trail turns off the PCT, before the switchbacks. Completely logged out as well. Amazing old growth... Full photo set and GPS on my blog, below.
Backpackers looking small on Pilot Ridge
Lupine and Indian Head Peak on the PCT near White Pass
Blue Lake and the trail over the pass heading toward Dishpan Gap and the PCT
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