Beautiful hike with 360 degree views towards the end and a lot of blueberries to be eaten along the trail. The wildflowers were also beautiful. I gave this hike four stars because this is the Pacific Northwest and it is not anywhere close to the beauty of some of the other hikes I’ve done. Overall a nice hike with good views of the Glacier Peak and Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
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Barclay is an easy & great family hike/backpack. Second growth gives way to old growth. Good swimming lake. Eagle is a difficult scramble with route-finding.
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8/25/21 Wednesday
Good trail! Good workout going up! Shaded from the sun by the forest canopy. I started up at 8am and arrived at Blanca Lake around 10 am. It was a cool, sunny, calm morning. No bugs! And no other hikers yet. It’s amazing green color makes this lake awesome to view! On my return, there were a dozen or more hikers going up. And at least two campsites in use. I would hike here again!
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Went on a Monday and basically had the trail to myself. Was a little muddy on the downward trek to the lake itself; wear grippy shoes/boots.
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Hiked on 7/3/21. Most of the hike on forested ridge, cool shade. Beautiful view once out of the tree. Glacial lily coming to an end. A few patches of snow, not hard to pass. A few steep sections, poles very helpful. 360-degree view at the top.
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Great trail out of the way with great views. 5 cars at 9am at very limited trailhead parking. Looked like it peaked at about 15 cars. Corresponding number of people on the trail.
Minimal mosquitoes.
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Great trail out of the way with great views. 5 cars at 9am at very limited trailhead parking. Looked like it peaked at about 15 cars. Corresponding number of people on the trail.
Minimal mosquitoes.
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Hiked 9/7/2020. The view of Glacier Peak on this hike is spectacular. You catch views of Glacier to the left and other awesome peaks to the right about halfway up, which means there's more time to enjoy them (rather than only getting views at the summit). It was windy at the top, but not too bad. The summit is large so there's plenty of room for multiple parties to spread out and keep their distance from each other. The trail is interesting: It's an all-or-nothing steepness. The steep parts were insane--I felt like I was almost climbing a ladder. But then in between the steep parts were nearly totally flat sections that were so beautiful and peaceful. The trail surface is great (packed dirt with pine needles) for most of the hike. Only the first .5 mile or so is loose dirt and rocks.
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Views at the top were gorgeous, saw lots of deer, but mosquitos were insane!
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This is a badass hike!!! Straight up, pulling yourself up with tree roots and branches, veggie belaying on the way down. Boulder scrambling, small amount of snow crossing this time of year (only needed micro spikes, if that), epic views from the top. <5 mph winds at the summit, warm and sunny. Ahhhh
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Beautiful day, 360 dog view from Scorpion Mtn, Joan lake is full of easy to catch brook trout but the mosquitoes were out in force at the lake and at the peak of Scorpion
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Very steep hike (1600ft gain in 0.6 miles) for the first part. Then a nice ridge walk before heading up a snow couloir. After the couloir a steep snow section followed by more mellow snow climbing to the summit rock.
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