Picture(s) of the week ~ Mt. Baker current conditions

March 13, 2015,

& Ski to Sea is the end of May?!?!?

Panorama - click to enlarge

North Butte Trailblazer hike

13 Trailblazers headed to the Blanchard Mountain parking lot for our scheduled North Butte hike. It was raining last night when I packed my hiking pack, so I had put in my rain poncho. When I awoke this morning and saw blue sky I decided to be optimistic and took my rain poncho out! It turned out to be the right decision, we had wonderful weather for today's hike.

We took the Lily and Lizard lakes trail.

We followed Max's shortcut towards Lily lake.

I took the two photos below to show the differences in the forest as we walked through it. The first photo is full of ferns and moss was on many of the trees around us. The second photo has little vegetation other than the large trees.

We walked past Lily lake on our way up to North Butte.

Thanks for taking my picture Joe!

Finally lunch!

After lunch I walked over to check out the view & wow I'm glad I did - 

Looking to the left

Looking to the right

As we walked back down the trail to the parking lot, I spied this serene spot in the forest. 

It was so peaceful, as if saying "Happy Trails to you".

Endomondo stats:

Total miles hiked - 9.45 miles

Minimum altitude - 863 feet

Maximum altitude - 2243 feet

Total ascent - 1667 feet

Total descent - 1840