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Index to Washington: Page 0: Highlights ~ map ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7
- Page 1: Seattle Area: Seattle , Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island
- Page 2: North Cascade Mountains : Mount Baker , Mount
Shuksan , Sauk Mountain , Anacortes
, Grasshopper Pass , Maple
Pass , Rainy Pass SR20 , Hidden Lake Lookout
, Sahale Arm , 2a: Skagit Valley
Tulips
- Page 3: Whidbey & San Juan Islands:
Deception
Pass , Ebey's
Landing , Fort Casey
, Meerkerk
Gardens
- Page 4: Mountain Loop Highway: Glacier Peak , Mt Pilchuck , Green
Mountain , Gothic Basin , Lake 22 , Walt Bailey
Trail , plants,
flowers, insects , southern Mt Baker
-
Snoqualmie National Forest
- Page 5: Central Cascades, Highway 2 &
Interstate 90: Alpine
Lakes Wilderness (mountains, larch, mushrooms)
, Granite Mt
- Page 6: Southwest WA: Mt. Rainier , Goat Rocks , Mt. Adams , Mt. St. Helens
- Page 7: Olympic Peninsula: Lavender Farms , Olympic
National Park
This page describes outings and hikes in Whatcom
& Skagit Counties accessible from State Routes 20 and 542, from
Anacortes and Bellingham on Puget Sound eastwards to the North Cascades
Mountains. See bottom for a
Washington map.
Mount Shuksan:

Above: Mount Shuksan (which is located in North Cascades National
Park)
reflects
in Picture Lake (located in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National
Forest).
Left: Mount
Shuksan (North Cascades National Park), reflects
in Picture
Lake, which is located in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. [Published
in January/February 2002 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings]
Below right: Lenticular (wave-shaped) cloud over
Mount Shuksan, seen from the south.

Above: Lenticular (wave-shaped) cloud over Mount
Shuksan, seen from the south (near hike to Lake Ann).
Mount
Baker:
Mount Baker: Artist Point:
Below: Panorama of Mount Baker (summit 10,775
feet, upper right) and Baker Lake (far left) from
Artist
Point (stitched from 4 images):

Mount Baker: The Railroad
Grade Hike:

Left: Hiking the "Railroad Grade," a lateral moraine of the Easton
Glacier on the south side of Mount Baker. Mount Baker National
Recreation
Area.
Below right: Hiking the "Railroad Grade" beneath Mount Baker
(summit=10,775
feet).

Left: Hiking the "Railroad Grade", a lateral moraine of the
Easton
Glacier,
looking into Mount Baker Wilderness.

Hiking beside the Easton Glacier in Mount Baker National Recreation
Area.
Left: Hiking beside the Easton Glacier in Mount Baker
National Recreation
Area.

Above: Twin Sisters Mountain, seen from the Railroad Grade
on Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Mount Baker: Excelsior Pass Hike:

Left: Heather blooms on Excelsior Pass and Mt Baker rises to 10,775
feet, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Below right: View of Mt Baker (10,775 feet) from Excelsior Pass,
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Mount Baker: Church Mountain Hike:
Left: Mount Baker (10,775 feet) dusted with
volcanic sulphur
emissions,
seen from the Lake Ann trail (where I proposed marriage to my wife
Carol).

Above right: Tiger Lily (or Columbia Lily, Lilium columbianum),
on Church
Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Left: Tiger Lily (or Columbia Lily), on Church Mountain in mid-July,
Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Below right: Monkey-flower (Mimulus) on Church Mountain,
with
Mt. Baker in the distance.

Left: Green flowers on Church Mountain, with Mt. Baker in
the distance.

Pretty blue butterflies on Church Mountain.
Sauk Mountain:

Left: Steep trail up Sauk Mountain, with view to Mount Baker. Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Below right: Glacier Lily on Sauk Mountain, near the town of
Concrete.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Below: Glacier Peak, seen from Sauk Mountain, which is an
easy
day
hike of 4 miles and 1100 feet vertical gain, near Concrete, which is on
State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, Washington.

Above: From atop Sauk Mountain, I captured this wide
panorama of the North Cascade Mountains from Mount Baker southwards
(stitched from 12 images; scroll right to see all). To the right and
far below the hikers is the Sauk River at its
confluence with the Skagit River.
Please let me know if you wish to see images of lavender-colored phlox
flowers on Sauk Mountain, and I can post it here.
- Tom Dempsey
See separate page 2a.
Above: Mount Baker rises above early yellow blooms in the tulip
fields of the Skagit River Valley on April 3, 2008. For more Skagit
flower images, see Washington page 2a.
Above: In the Skagit River Delta in winter and spring, snow
geese fuel up, bond with a mate, then fly 2500 miles to wild Wrangel
Island for breeding in the Russian Arctic, with a stopover in the
Fraser River Valley in British Columbia. These snow geese from Skagit County are the only snow geese that winter in North America and
breed in Asia. (Reference: The Nature Conservancy)
Anacortes & Mount Baker:

Left: Old ship at dock in Anacortes, with Mount Baker (10,775 feet)
rising in the distance.

Left: Oil refinery in Anacortes.
Below right: Oil tankers come and go in Anacortes, fueling
the
northwest economy. Mount Baker is visible 40 miles in the distance.
Left: Decaying old dock in Anacortes.
Below right: Abstract concrete.

Grasshopper Pass, Larch Color:

Above: The needles of deciduous larch trees turn gold in the
fall, between Harts Pass and
Grasshopper
Pass, on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, in the North Cascade
Mountains, Okanogan National Forest.

Left: Golden larch trees on Grasshopper Pass, Pacific Crest
National
Scenic
Trail, Okanogan National Forest, North Cascades Mountains.
Below right: A vista of golden larch trees between Harts Pass and
Grasshopper
Pass, Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Okanogan National Forest.

Maple Pass:

Left: Hiking Maple Pass Loop Trail, Okanogan National
Forest, North
Cascades.

Above right: Here on the Maple Pass Loop Trail, Carol walks on the
border of North Cascades National Park, looking towards Lake Ann in
Okanogan
National Forest. Lake Ann is a great side trip from the Pacific
Crest
National Scenic Trail at Rainy Pass, Washington.

Left: Hiking the Maple Pass Loop Trail above the North Cascades Highway
(Washington State Route 20) at Rainy Pass, Okanagon National Forest.
Below: Hiking the Maple Pass Loop Trail in the North
Cascade Mountains, Okanagon National Forest.

Hidden Lake Lookout:
Left and below: Near Hidden Lake Lookout, North Cascades National
Park. [Left image Published in
January/February
2003
Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club
Outings.]


Above right: Dome Peak, seen from Hidden Lake Peaks Lookout, North Cascades.
Below: This panorama from Hidden Lake Peaks Lookout includes El
Dorado
Peak, Hidden Lake, Boston Peak, Mount Forbidden, Dome Peak, Glacier
Peak,
& Mt. Baker. North Cascades National Park and Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest. (Scroll window right to see wide panorama):

Sahale Arm, North Cascades National Park:

El Dorado Peak (left) and Forbidden Peak (right), as seen from
Sahale Arm in North Cascades
National Park.

Above: Doubtful Lake and the Stehekin Valley, as seen from Sahale
Arm, in North Cascades
National Park (Panorama stitched from 9 images).

Above: Stehekin Valley, as seen from Sahale Arm, in North Cascades
National Park (Panorama stitched from 6 images).
Left: Tom and
Forbidden Peak reflect in a tarn on Sahale Arm in North
Cascades
National Park.

Above right: Carol ascends Sahale Arm in North
Cascades
National Park. The Triplets are the sharp peaks on the left, and
Cascade Peak is on the right.

Above: The Triplets are the sharp peaks on the left, and Cascade Peak
is on the right. North Cascades
National Park.

Above: A big wall on the hike to Cascade Pass, seen in the evening.
Below: the same wall in the morning:


Hikers on Sahale Arm admire El Dorado Peak (left) and Forbidden
Peak (far right) in North Cascades
National Park.

Above: Forbidden Peak reflects in a small pond on Sahale
Arm in North Cascades
National Park.

Above: El Dorado Peak.

Above: Peaks in North Cascades National Park.
Recommended hiking guidebooks: The "100 Hikes"
series published by The Mountaineers, Seattle.
Washington Map:

Washington Page 2: North Cascade Mountains : Mount Baker , Mount
Shuksan , Sauk Mountain , Skagit Valley
Tulips ,
Anacortes
, Grasshopper Pass , Maple
Pass , Rainy Pass SR20 , Hidden Lake Lookout , Sahale Arm
Index to Washington:
Page 0: Highlights ~ map ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7
- Page 1: Seattle Area: Seattle , Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island
- Page 2: North Cascade Mountains : Mount Baker , Mount
Shuksan , Sauk Mountain , Anacortes
, Grasshopper Pass , Maple
Pass , Rainy Pass SR20 , Hidden Lake Lookout
, Sahale Arm , 2a: Skagit Valley
Tulips
- Page 3: Whidbey & San Juan Islands:
Deception
Pass , Ebey's
Landing , Fort Casey
, Meerkerk
Gardens
- Page 4: Mountain Loop Highway: Glacier Peak , Mt Pilchuck , Green
Mountain , Gothic Basin , Lake 22 , Walt Bailey
Trail , plants,
flowers, insects , southern Mt Baker
-
Snoqualmie National Forest
- Page 5: Central Cascades, Highway 2 &
Interstate 90: Alpine
Lakes Wilderness (mountains, larch, mushrooms)
, Granite Mt
- Page 6: Southwest WA: Mt. Rainier , Goat Rocks , Mt. Adams , Mt. St. Helens
- Page 7: Olympic Peninsula: Lavender Farms , Olympic
National Park

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