Dreaming of a Weekend Get-away, with Family and Fr.Easy Pass Trail, North Cascades National Park.They may not be permanent waterfalls, but were just created from all the melting snow. Inside the forest, I saw several variety of fungi growing on the trees' branches and some little creeks that their cascades create little waterfalls. The short but steep trail is not really that "easy" as one may presume from the name "Easy Pass". Fortunately, a log bridge spans the waters. Begin the hike in heavy timber, dropping a little to rushing Granite Creek. This trail traverses rocky meadows and steep talus slopes in search of higher places, with views deep into North Cascades National Park. However, the extreme solitude we found in the trail does not mean this is an uninteresting hike, for many believe the Easy Pass and Fisher Basin area to be one of the most superb places in the North Cascades. Hiking to Easy Pass is anything but easy. The short, steep trail to the pass is anything but 'easy.' The views, however, are your reward: panoramic vistas of Fisher Basin and Mounts Logan, Fisher, and Arriva. Extensive meadows are crowned by glacial peaks. There were several people who turned in at the parking lot, but after reading the signs at the trailhead, they turned around and drove away, maybe, Easy Pass was not the trailhead they were looking for, or maybe they were just visiting the park from the road. Many believe the Easy Pass and Fisher Basin area to be one of the most superb places in the North Cascades. I guess, one of the advantages of going to a less crowded National Park is having solitude. Despite it was already middle of summer, there were no one else in this trail that made the hike really special for us since the trail was all to ourselves.
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