Three Fingers — Monday, Aug. 31, 1998

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

Hiked to the lookout on a beautiful day. Quite hot and hazy though. Ice-ax not required, but I took a wrong turn right after Tin Pan Gap and ended up using mine in an interesting moat. Coming down, I couldn't tell how I lost the trail. Well, I was memorized Robert Service poetry so must have been drawn to the ice. I had the lookout to myself for lunch and couldn't stop exclaiming over the amazing little cabin. The ladders were fun, but the walk back was long, long, long!