I went out with a group for a multi-day backpack up near White Pass.
A lot of different varieties are wildflowers are blooming along the way, a ton of birds and marmots were active along the ridge, and the trail is snow free up to just after White Pass.
There are multiple clear campsites at Red Creek, Mackinaw Shelter, and some clear campsites at White Pass.
Our group wandered over by White Mountain a bit over the past few days: there was a lot of snow which made the trail hard to find and was quite slippery.
We ran into a number of folks on the way up and down the trail: most of the folks were climbers/skiers, but there were also a large number of USFS trail workers, like the last trip reporter noted.
The trail up to White Pass was steep, hot, and exposed; we needed to drink a lot of water yesterday afternoon coming down to Mackinaw Shelter.
Comments
Possibly to get to blue lake? Hike the loop trail?
Posted by:
Hikethelife on Jul 20, 2022 09:02 PM
Don't know how to answer either of those things since I didn't go there, but the neighboring mountain (Johnson?) had a lot of snow still and so did the ridge along the pass.
Posted by:
SoundWalker on Jul 20, 2022 10:01 PM
I updated the first photo to show what it looked like near White Pass from around White Mountain because I noticed that I posted the same picture of the marmot at the pass twice by accident 😖.
Posted by:
SoundWalker on Jul 20, 2022 10:05 PM
Thanks, just trying to get an idea of trail in the area up there.
Posted by:
Hikethelife on Jul 21, 2022 02:30 PM
Love that second photo of the snow fields!
Posted by:
Mountain Paintbrush on Jul 24, 2022 12:40 PM