2. Hiking

Shakeout backpacking to Mt Pilchuck Lookout

First overnight trip for this season, time to search our moving boxes to scramble together all my gear. Picked Mt Pilchuck as first destination, forecast predicted several thunderstorms in the cascades, the lookout is a safe way to weather ligthing storms
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on the way up, about to clear the tree line; looking north with Mt Baker barely visible in the haze
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on the way up, about to clear the tree line; looking north with Mt Baker barely visible in the haze

  • on the way up, about to clear the tree line; looking north with Mt Baker barely visible in the haze
  • glimpse through trees to Three Fingers Mtn (with another FS fire lookout, also maintained by Everett Mountaineers)
  • clear view to Three Fingers Mtn
  • about to cross through the slabs at the bottom of the Pilchuck basin
  • first glimpse to the lookout
  • looking back and West, over Puget Sound
  • ascending the trail along the ridge to the summit
  • sunset from lookout
  • looking East, first set of thunderstorm clouds is approaching
  • look along Stilquamish River valley and over Puget Sound
  • northern part of Whidbey Island
  • good night Three Fingers...
  • Mt Baker getting shy in the evening haze
  • close up of Mt Baker, with the typical rows of Cascades foothills
  • Untitled photo
  • sunset from within the lookout
  • and now the last sunset picture from the northern catwalk
  • Good morning, Three Fingers Mtn!<br /> Pilchuck bathes in the gentle morning sun while the lowlands are under a fog blanket
  • Glacier Peak in the East
  • Raging sea of clouds
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