Our hike today was to Heliotrope ridge, our Trailblazer group hiked this last year in August. You can read about that day's hike HERE. The rangers recommended we not cross the creek to the ridge as we did on last years hike, so our 'fearless leader" Pat said that our route would be the climbers route up the Hogback. The Hogback is part of the route up Mt. Baker. I found an account of a climb up Baker from this route. You can read it HERE (Baker North Ridge in 14 hours) if you're interested.
Today 22 showed up for the hike. Wow, since it's a wilderness area we split up into a slow group and a faster group. I went with the faster group today. I haven't been up the Hogback for years, it was nice to see the views again.
I took this 360 video of the view - enjoy.
https://youtu.be/b5wioxZ8HxM
If you click & zoom in on the photo below you see our group spread out in various locations down the hill from me eating their lunches even waay down at the beginning of the hill.
Looking up the Hogback trail. Several of us continued hiking up the Hogback to the climbers camp area before turning around and heading back down the trail.
In the photo below you can see the trail going left and heading up the climbers route.
Looking back down the Hogback.
Looking towards the Coleman Glacier.
Yes! Boardwalk trails!!
A wonderful day spent in the Alpine enjoying a fantastic view of Baker.
Endomondo stats:
total miles hiked - 6.13
minimum altitude - 3636 feet
maximum altitude - 5612 feet
total ascent - 2051 feet
total descent - 2067 feet
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