Mt Baker Ski Area, Washington State

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July 4th 2018

Published: July 29th 2018

We left Seattle around 1:30 and drove to Glacier, WA, battling the stop and go afternoon traffic that seems inevitable near any large city these days. Arrived at the Blue T Lodge just west of Glacier around 4:30 PM and checked in at the bar in the adjacent Chair 9 pizza restaurant. The bartender had my reservation and, key in hand, we made our way to our room on the second floor. Lodge room was ni... Read Full Entry

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Anne & Lee

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Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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Hannegan Pass Trail

And one more.

Ruth Mountain

From the Hannegan Pass Trail. Ruth Mt. is at the head of the valley and the glacier and snowfield on it feed Ruth Creek that runs through the valley.

Hannegan Pass Trail - The turn around spot

Though it doesn't look all that difficult, I assure you it was. That big sloping flat rock just before the snow, to the right of where the trail crosses the water, is covered with slick,wet gravelly mud. I slipped there and almost ended in the valley below.