The North Cascades are so incredible. I tried to explain Devils Club to a Coloradan and couldn’t do it justice. I just finally said you’ll know it when you see it and it will suck. Great effort!
The Suiattle River Road that the exit trail goes to got badly washed out in storms this winter, the road will probably be closed for a couple years or more. It means the full traverse is infeasible for awhile, but it might more enjoyable (albeit far less aesthetic) as an out-and-back anyways.
I swore to myself if I ever did this again I’d out and back it. You could do the first 20 miles and turn around and get most of the good parts and it would probably be more enjoyable and quicker than the full point to point, but like you said you can’t beat the aesthetics of a full traverse.
The North Cascades are so incredible. I tried to explain Devils Club to a Coloradan and couldn’t do it justice. I just finally said you’ll know it when you see it and it will suck. Great effort!
The Suiattle River Road that the exit trail goes to got badly washed out in storms this winter, the road will probably be closed for a couple years or more. It means the full traverse is infeasible for awhile, but it might more enjoyable (albeit far less aesthetic) as an out-and-back anyways.
I swore to myself if I ever did this again I’d out and back it. You could do the first 20 miles and turn around and get most of the good parts and it would probably be more enjoyable and quicker than the full point to point, but like you said you can’t beat the aesthetics of a full traverse.