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Saturday
May 18th, 2019
On very bright and sunny day we bounced
along the Cascade River Road, a 23 mile long
road in the North Cascades National Park,
ending at the Cascade Pass Trailhead, 3220
feet above sea level. The road is paved
for the first 10 miles and then Whoa Nellie -
hang on to your hats! There are steep and
narrow sections and on this one-lane road the
sight of an oncoming car can be scary.
Is getting to the end worth it? You
betcha! |
After an uneventful trip to the top we find...snow!
The mountains dwarf us. The red arrow points
to our car, just for scale.
It looks as if the team of road-openers has been
very busy.
Mountains sure know how to make a person feel small.
Here's the top of the pass. Once we saw a
marmot in the foreground. Not today.
The
hills remind me of Austria and Switzerland.
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Here
are 3 people determined to have some fun on
the glacier.
On our way home, a car driver racing along
trying to find cell phone service in order to
call for help told us that there was an
injured person on the glacier. Perhaps
it was one of these three. |
At the beginning of the trail up the mountain there
are lots of wood violets.
Oooops
- looks like that's the end of the trail for us says
Tim.
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