The trail is completely reasonable for elevation gain both out & back. The lake is wonderful. Views from South Pass were limited by smoke.
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Super hard but amazingly rewarding. Gorgeous. Viewpoints the whole way up. Better as it gets higher.
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I read reviews that mentioned this is the best fall color hike in Washington State. After my own experience, I agree this is very true. The colorful views are stunning.
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One of the best hikes I have ever done. It shifts perfectly from forested, gradual earthen switchbacks to exposed, rocky and steep terrain at the top. Epic views literally every step you take, and the views are different on the way back vs the way up. Stunning!
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The trail to campsite is well maintained and easy to follow. Sulphide Glacier was open with crevasses which made the journey a little challenging and slow. At the pyramid, most people went up the gully on the left of the tongue of snow. Nice vault toilet at campsite with likely the best view of any wilderness toilet. Unfortunately the second day, smoke from nearby Sourdough fire moved in
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Very Smokey the day we did it. But we used N95 masks that helped a lot. Stunning area even in the smoke. Not too difficult
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Dry trail, boulders near glacier. Only one two foot crevasse to cross on the glacier. Lots of friendly wildlife.
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Beautiful loop all around. Pretty buggy but as to be expected. Views were incredible on our 3rd day and very glad to have done rainbow pass at sunrise! Gaia shows the campsites a bit off from where they actually are so don’t be worried if you pass them on the map, they’re about a half mile off.
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Beautiful hike
Gorgeous day beautiful hike up to base camp overnight storm moved in we had next to zero visibility on summit day tried anyway but even after daylight and using our phones for GPS it was very difficult to find our way to stay on track and we had to turn around at about 7800 feet are due to poor visibility and the fact that we knew we couldn’t summit
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Boston Basin is incredibly beautiful.
The exposure climbing up the West Ridge is scary in a good way, although the repelling back down can be a bit frustrating. More down climbing that actual rappelling. We were there at the end of May. Really appreciated Gaia GPS helping to get us back to camp in the dark!
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Rushwald 6 years ago
This is one of the best hikes around. You can stop at Cascade Pass but you are missing the best part of the entire hike. The higher you go the better the views get. There is a trail all the way to Sahale Glacier Camp. RT here is about 12 miles. For those with some mountaineering skills you can summit Sahale Peak. You should have and know how to use crampons and an ice axe to get to the base of the rock. It is class 3-5 depending on the route up you choose.
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