Washington State Trip - Day 4
Mount Baker National Forest and
North Cascades National Park
Hidden Lake Trail
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
View from the Hidden Lake Trail
Along the Hidden Lake Trail
view from the Hidden Lake Trail
Heading into the Fog along the Hidden Lake Trail
Heading up the Hidden Lake Trail
Above the Clouds Selfie on the Hidden Lake Trail
Big Birds along the Hidden Lake Trail
(I believe a type of Ptarmigan ???)
Hidden Lake
Just enough of an opening in the clouds to see some impressive peaks and glaciers!
The Hidden Lake Lookout Tower
Inside the Hidden Lake Lookout Tower
Looking back up at the Hidden Lake Lookout Tower
(near the Upper Left of Photo)
Hidden Lake - North Cascades National Park
For my final full day of hiking, I decided to return to the North Cascades and hike the Hidden Lake Trail!
Roadside view along the drive to the trailhead
The Hidden Lake Trailhead
The Hidden Lake Trail starts out in the Mount Baker National Forest and enters the North Cascades National Park near Hidden Lake. It starts out following the East Fork of Sibley Creek gaining elevation the entire way. The first mile is mostly thick forest before entering a beautiful valley where the views start opening up!
Eventually the views mostly disappeared as I entered into some thick fog for much of the hike. I can imagine there are some really spectacular views on a clear day. Fortunately I love hiking in the fog, so I was not disappointed!
View from the Hidden Lake Trail
A few lingering patches of snow along the Hidden Lake Trail
(I believe a type of Ptarmigan ???)
Almost to the top!
(the high point of my hike is straight ahead)
Entering the North Cascades National Park
Hidden Lake
The Hidden Lake Lookout Tower
Hidden Lake
For a sense of scale there are two humans near the bottom of the photo
(near the Upper Left of Photo)
view from the Hidden Lake Trail during the hike back down
I loved every bit of this hike! If I ever get a chance to return to the area, this one will be on my list of hikes to do again during a clearer day!
The total hike distance was about 9.0 miles (approx. 4.5 miles out and back) with an elevation gain of about 3,700 feet. Here is the GPS track from my hike.
Later that evening after the drive back to Anacortes and a nice Dinner I headed up to Cap Sante Park for Sunset. It was far from the prettiest sunset I have seen from this spot, but it was my first time this week that Mount Baker was visable!
View of Mount Baker from Cap Sante Park, Anacortes, WA
Sunset over Anacortes from Cap Sante Park
view from Cap Sante Park
The Anacortes Marina at night
My complete set of photos from Day 4 is posted here:
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