another sunset view

sunset view

The hiker is blessed by nature.

Is this Eldorado?

I was just a dozen feet away to this glacier.

Mountain view

Colorful slope

View on the way towards the trailhead

North Cascade Pass Sahale Arm

Sep. 24, 2005
11.6 miles round trip and 3900ft gain
9:00-12:00-4:20---4:50-7:45-11:00
Istvan, Yanda

This trail is absolutely great. Good views of mountian and glacier start at the trailhead. Every step higher, one gets more excited by better views. Almost at every turn, one feels the urge to take some pictures.

The trail has all. Forest, lake, water falls, grand valley, glaciers, mountains and more mountains. You name it. On the way towards the glacier, one can see a snow capped mountain on the west. It might be Eldorado. Views reach their best after the final strenous climb towards the Sahale glacier. There is also a snow capped moutain in the south direction. Possibly glacier peak.

Leaves are turning red. Maybe they would be more colorful next weekend. But today the whether is great. Who knows what would be next weekend. There are still a lot of blue berries. But most of them are already too ripe.

Last year, I hiked this trail on Sep. 26. I will go this trail next year about the same time.

Cloudy, Sky, Mountain

Close-up of the ice cave

Ice Cave under a great Mt.

Valley View

More mountains

It's great that clouds are above the mountains.

Mountain View

Mt. Dikerman and Ice Cave

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cloudy

blue berry slope

Valley View

Mt. Dikerman (Reloaded)

Sep. 17, 2005, Sunday
8.0 miles round trip, 3,900ft altitude gain
11:30-1:00-3:30--3:40-5:55-7:10

I waited until sun came out in Kirkland before I left home. However, it had the same kind of fog and cloud in Mt. Dikerman. Not much view and therefore not many pictures taken.

Blue berries are great. I picked one small box of blue berries on the way back. The hike might be renamed as "blue berry" hike.

Good exercise. Interestingly, I am not the only one who hiked Mt. Dikerman under cloud and fog in two consecutive weekends. :-)

This could be really beatiful if there were more sun shines.

Squirrel on the peak

On the peak

Soooooo many blue berries

Mt. Dikerman Trail

Mt. Dikerman

Sep. 11, 2005, Sunday
8.0 miles round trip, 3,900ft altitude gain
11:40-2:40--3:40-6:10

Istvan and I went to hike together this time. It was a foggy day. Unfortunately we started to hike without plan B and wished it would clear up just what it did on Saturday. However, we were not that lucky this time. The whole mountain was covered in heavy fog. We could only IMAGINE how beatifule the red leaves would be under bright sun. We could only IMAGINE how amazing the views would be if the visibility was better.

One thing was good though. There were sooooooo many juicy tasty blue berries. Without views, we really concentrate on eating blue berries. It's quite an interesting experience.

The trail is well maintained. Views should be really good in a clear day. Should go there again.