Baker River — Saturday, May. 18, 2002

North Cascades > Mount Baker Area

I went to Baker Lake with the boy scouts so Fleetfoot went climbing with Dave. On Sun. Dick and I took some boys on a hike on trail 606 (Baker River). It starts out of the parking lot at the end of the Baker River road-about 25 miles from hwy.20.The trail is about 2.4 miles. Within the first 1/4 mile you reach a junction with the new Baker Lake trail (610). Here there is a new suppension bridge that is quite nice.High,wide and long.Shortly after this you will notice the trail is being re-routed. Some mud but very little compared to what there could be.There is just a little up and down on this trail as it stays close to the river.A few blow downs to go over or under but no problem. We stopped at Sulphide camp for a short break and headed back.Nice trail for a short walk,especially with kids. I drove road no.1152 to junction 014 and was able to go only three tents of a mile due on 014 due to snow. The road is in good shape to this point. The trailhead for Shannon Ridge is a little over a mile from here. There were two cars parked here.I also drove across the dam and turned left onto road 3721 which takes you to the trailhead for Anderson Butte,Watson Lakes area.I also got only 4.5 miles on this raod due to snow. As I recall it is about 10 miles to the traihead.It will probably be a few more weeks before you can drive to this trailhead.The lake is low but all the campgrounds should be open next weekend.