We somehow managed a couple of partial weeks of hiking in the North Cascades – known as the American Alps and for good reason. When driving over the North Cascades Highway just south of the Canadian border and drop down off Rainy and Washington Passes, there are several USFS campgrounds before you hit the summer heat of Winthrop. Our favorite is at Clipchuck. Each day we’d drive up the dozen or so miles to the cool alpine and hike the lake and pass trails, then return to our campsite high over Early Winters Creek – and this painting is from the picnic table in Site 28. Just walk a few feet upslope and a glorious view of that crashing creek emerges. Walk another step and you’re over the cliff and probably in the creek 100 feet below.

And, yes, the name Early Winters should ring a bell with some older hikers. In the 70’s, it was the first outdoor equipment company that sold products made of Goretex.

One of the hikes here is an 8-mile loop gaining over 2000 vertical feet. Half way around we came to the North Cascades NP boundary and this sign is firmly planted in a snowdrift on Horsefly Pass (click to enlarge it so you can see). I’d love to know who thought it necessary to state in 5-inch letters that hunting isn’t allowed here. Am I missing something? Who would do this climb equivalent to two Empire State Buildings to kill something and then carry it (and the gun) back down the 2000 feet?  But then I’ve never understood the concept of killing wild animals anyway.

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Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert

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