Buckhorn Mountain, Marmot Pass — Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023

We arrived at the Big Quilcene trailhead a bit before 10, and the parking lot was mostly full. Camp Mystery was already quite full when we reached it, though we were able to find a spot to pitch three tents fairly close together.

After a decent break, we headed up to Marmot Pass, passing a few campsites (most of which were also taken) and we soon reached the pass itself. Two of us made the trek up to Buckhorn - it was fairly warm and smoky out, so it took us close to an hour to reach the summit (I'm not in peak conditioning, admittedly). Views from the summit itself were decent, albeit hazy.

On the way back to camp we passed a number of folks who were pitching tents in the remaining campsites: I would hazard to guess nearly every campsite in the area was taken by the evening.