Washington Trails Association This summer, we're recruiting volunteers to work alongside our Performance Trail Crews at four backcountry work parties. This horse trail goes nearly to the top and the views include most of the Pasayten Wilderness. After all, its our only water until the next one. The Cathedral pass and lakes area is particularly popular and usually snow-free by early to mid July. With the area around Holman Pass restored to equestrian standards, with the help of volunteers with the Pacific Crest Trail Association, on their next hitch, PNTA crew leader Cat Sullivan moved her crew west of the PCT to focus on restoring the Devils Ridge Trail. (Cows can make some convincing-looking trails in grasslands.). Each trip would take the crew deeper into wilderness requiring longer travel time and pack stock support. The combination of stunning scenery and lack of crowds is one of the BT's most enticing aspects especially in autumn, when colors are changing, temperatures are cooling and bugs are gone. Trailforks ranks trails with a combination of user ratings and raw trail usage data from rides. Boundary Slam = Wolframite Mountain + Bauerman Ridge + Arnold Peak + Horseshoe MountainEnvirons = Teapot Dome + Haig Mountain + Rock Mountain 7641 + Armstrong Mountain SE Peak + Pick Peak + Topaz Mountain, =+++=+++++, Access: Cathedral Driveway TrailheadRound Trip:TBDElevation Range: 4280-8137Gear: noneGPS Track:availableDog-Friendly:yes, Day 1 Friday, September 1Approach to Tungsten MineNight 1 Trail #534 byCinch Creek, Day 2 Saturday, September 2Wolframite Mountain + Bauerman Ridge + Teapot DomeNight 2 Teapot Lake, Day 3 Sunday, September 3Haig Mountain + Rock Mountain 7641 + Armstrong Mountain SE Peak + Arnold PeakNight 3 Sunny Pass, Day 4 Monday, September 4Horseshoe Mountain + Pick Peak + Topaz MountainExit. The Pacific Northwest Trail Association is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. There wasnt much to see past Bauerman Ridge. On a PNTA Performance Trail Crew, they sign on to work up to 80 hours in a single hitch which begins when the crew piles into a work van and starts the long drive toward a distant trailhead. Over the last 19 years, nine major fires have crawled across the Wilderness. It has become stagnant with a thin, filmy coat of ash from the smoke. Camping is good here, and youll want time to savor the ambiance. On Your Back, Boundary Trail, Blue Mountain Summit Loop. More than 600 miles of trails provide access to the Wilderness, many of them deceptively gentle at the start and become progressively labor-intensive as they climb up multiple switchbacks into the higher elevations. ( They also added a new sign with added trails on the closure list. The trail spans the width of the Pasayten Wilderness and is part of the much larger Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. requiring longer travel time and pack stock support. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) crosses the area north-south for about 32 miles. Subscribe to our free email newsletter for hiking events, news, gear reviews and more. Then back on the trail, we walked to Horseshoe Pass at 7000. Before long, we had reached the old building at Tungsten Mine. We packed and hiked to Pick Peaks north saddle at 7200. Naches, WA 98937 The Boundary Trail is closed between Bunker Hill west to the junction with the PCT due to wildfire activity through at least June 2023. United States. I'm a tall dude who has a hard time sleeping in/on small things so I know I take a hit there Photo by Thomas Gingrich. What came as a surprise was tent camping in snow. A number of places along the trail are so special that youll have the images etched into your memory for years to come.Starting at the Irongate trailhead west of Loomisand doing the trip east to westmeans reaching the hallowed meadows of Horseshoe Basin on the first day of your trip. We soon found more water south of Caprock Peak. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We left the path uphill past the dry lake into the vast lush meadow. Leaving the Cathedral Lakes behind, the views continue as you hike west, with bulky 8,685-foot Remmel Mountain being front and center. If youve built in a layover day, or have a few hours to spare, consider the extra few miles for the unmarked trail up the south side of Amphitheater Mountain. Later we began walking toward Horseshoe Mountain just past 7 AM. The two things I did on the Boundary Trail in Pasayten Wilderness worked well. Rugged ridges in the west flatten into more open plateaus toward the east, with deep drainages on both sides. To hike the BT in its entirety, youll need to consider the logistics to accomplish this 80-plus mile one-way hike. Many fantastic scenic views of the surrounding mountains and meadows are evident along the trail. Wolframite Mountain + Bauerman Ridge + Teapot Dome. ) or https:// means you've safely From the Iron Gate trailhead, about 7 miles of easy hiking on the Boundary Trail, #533, leads through 7,200 foot Sunny Pass, and on to Horseshoe Basin, a . Our pups played a while before he took off with the animals and soon faded into the haze. The combination of stunning scenery and lack of crowds is one of the Boundary Trails most enticing aspects especially in autumn, when colors are changing, temperatures are cooling and bugs are gone. Our North Cascades Crew hikes to a worksite near Rock Pass. / , "2022 in a Nutshell" blog post link in profile, plus a pano shot from last year's season opener /2022, Full Moon Rising + Scimitar Knoll by Castle Peak + Lightning Lake / , Hozomeen Mountain South Peak via Hozomeen Lake / , Hozomeen Mountain 8066 by Canada via Skyline II Trail / , Castle Peak by Full Moon Rising in Pasayten via Manning Park / , Soaring Eagle Regional Park via Hazel Wolf Wetlands / , Platts Lookout by Cherry Creek Falls in Marckworth State Forest / , Mount Madron by Kamilche Hill and Capitol State Forest / , Second Base by Young Love in Marckworth State Forest / , Cherry Creek Falls in Marckworth State Forest by King Benchmark / . Views on top consisted of the ghostly outlines of nearby mountains. ( This is followed by a long descent to the log crossing over the Ashnola River at 38 miles. At 26 miles youll reach 7,600-ft Cathedral Pass, then head down to upper Cathedral Lake near the base of the impressive 8,360-foot Amphitheater Mountain. Others had drilled with their local JROTC chapters. From Arnold Peak, we moved southwest to the meadow. Wilderness permits are required. We checked the map for other options. 10237 Highway 12 Both sides of the West Fork of the Pasayten River were reported to have tons of logs and the climb to Frosty Pass from the east was strewn with trees jumbled up like piles of pick-up sticks. Did you know WTA has a mobile app? Boundary Trail in Pasayten Wilderness: Bauerman Ridge See more trip photos here. Key access points: Trail and trailhead information. Washington Trails Association is 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please reload the page and try again. We stopped back at the mine and then continued east toward Bauerman Ridge. The smoke had quickly engulfed Cathedral Pass. Photo by Brent Tannehill, Methow Valley Ranger District US Forest Service. Plentiful water is available all season long. PNTA is a GuideStar gold-level participant, demonstrating our commitment to transparency. It would take the crew three full hitches in the Western Pasayten to reach the end of their service area near Devils Dome where the trail had been serviced the year before by a PNTA-Job Corps trail crew. Photo by Michael Sawiel. It was obvious that significant resources would be needed to restore access and change the fate of this scenic highlight of the Pacific Northwest Trail. Soon, the blanket of haze took away our sky view as darkness fell. But clearing out Bunker Hill by cutting over 150 trees in a single hitch was my proudest accomplishment of the season., It was their third hitch of the season and this time they set up a spike camp about 15 miles north of, The crew was working in concert with several partners to restore the damage caused by the, last year. Over the last 19 years, nine major fires have crawled across the Pasayten Wilderness causing massive damage to trails. It took us an hour to find our way through the mess. Stop for lunch here before descending a bit more than 3,000 feet to the Pasayten River. On this hitch, it was, It takes real determination to overcome obstacles like these. Volunteer to provide crucial pack support to a PNTA trail crew working to log-out trails in the Eastern Pasayten Wilderness. We later bypassed cliffs on the south and rejoined the path halfway between the mine and the trail bend. Photo by Michael Sawiel. Here are the important federal issues and bills we support and talked to our Washington lawmakers about. campaign last year helped to provide funding for an additional trail crew this season meaning more work was performed on the Pacific Northwest Trail in places like the Pasayten Wilderness, and more youth and young adults were able to spend a summer working and learning outdoors. Teapot Lake hasnt collected any rain in recent months. connected to the .gov website. Check our, Methow Valley Ranger District -- (509) 996-4003, Tonasket Ranger District -- (509) 486-2186. After an extended visit, we made our way down to Sunny Pass. The Boundary Trail begins in the southeast corner of the Wilderness and meanders north and west for over 73 miles near the Canadian border to eventually join the Pacific Crest Trail. Official websites use .gov A .gov PNTA Performance crew members at work on the Pacific Northwest Trail near Rock Pass. Generally considered a challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 5 min to complete. Certified weed-free hay or certified weed-free hay pellets are required on National Forest lands (processed grains are okay). Along the way, the PNT crosses three national parks, seven national forests, and two other national scenic trails. We walked down toward Windy Trail after lunch and a quick photo session. It was just how I remembered it: deserted and eerily quiet. Our Eastern Pasayten Trail Crew was resupplied by our partners at the U.S. Forest Service Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. PNTA and our perennial partners formed a planning committee to coordinate efforts in the new year. 2108 Entiat Way LockA locked padlock Some members of the high school-aged crew from the east side had bucked hay bales on farms in the. But the deteriorating condition of the, Sean Miller, a seasoned crew leader whos worked trails from Florida to New York to Nevada, led the effort to change that during the summer of 2019. The crew was camped near the Pasayten River and planned to inch their way toward the hilltop 3,000 above. Feeling dehydrated after scouring for water gully after gully, we left the trail and scrambled northeast. Thanks for the support of Western Washington Honda Dealers and our other corporate sponsors. Yet, it would take another week-long hitch to finish the job and gain the summit of Bunker Hill.. For these young people, the unique responsibilities of a trail crew member would be learned at their first summer job. Between Castle and Holman Pass, the PNT shares thirteen unforgettable miles with the Pacific Crest Trail. Washington's Pasayten Wilderness is a clash . 1) Drive north on Okanogan County Road 1213 (West Chewuch Road) until it joins Forest Service Road 51. After sunset, we hiked for another hour and then camped next to the path by Cinch Creek. This trail is estimated to be 51.3 mi long. 4 day/3 night, maybe 5/4. Official websites use .gov A .gov Help protect your wilderness by following wildernessregulations and usingLeave No Trace principles. Sullivan discovered a massive fir had fallen lengthwise along the trail blocking the descent toward the surreal waters of Ross Lake, among dozens of other downed trees. For safety, the crew worked only from the uphill side of the log and took turns at the saw. Starting at the Cold Springs Campground, just outside of the Wilderness boundary, the crew would work west and end their season when they reached the Pacific Crest Trail or when wildfire or fall snowstorms pushed them out. It would take a kind of expedition style approach with each group working to help the others gain access into the Wilderness along the paths of least resistance to reach the worst hit trails. So soon, most peaks here were no longer visible. En route, we saw another big dried-up pool by a group campsite. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 42 min to complete. website belongs to an official government organization in the Thanks for the support of Western Washington Honda Dealers and our other corporate sponsors. Many Scenic views along the trail and water available for portions, though several stretches are dry later in the season and water should be carried. on official, secure websites. Here is a pivotal trail junction where three streams of the Pasayten come together.One of the biggest challenges of hiking the entire 80-plus-mile Boundary Trail is where to exit. Across the river is a 2,000 foot climb to more big meadows near 6,900-foot Peeve Pass at 42 miles. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest In wilderness, visitors should always be prepared for rugged conditions and unexpected challenges. You can improve or add to this guidebook entry! Please try to minimize the impact of your campsites and avoid camping at the lakes; when riding to the lakes try to tie up before getting there and walk for the last 1/2 mile. They were also our last water until Windy Creek. Learn more about how we're saving lost trails across the state, Recovering the Pasayten: A Coordinated Effort, Hiker Headlines: WTA Now Hiring, Highway Spring Cleaning, Trails Reopen, Upcoming Snowy Weekend. Subscribe to our free email newsletter for hiking events, news, gear reviews and more. #504, the Larch Crk Tr. 24 West Chewuch Road Washington Trails Association 10237 Highway 12 Horseshoe Mountain + Pick Peak + Topaz Mountain. By this time in the season, the crew had become a well-oiled machine. 8,300 foot-high Apex Mountain is almost mandatory, given the legendary views of Cathedral Peak. And while they have played an important role in. We traversed the ridgeline to cover high points that looked equal in height. Help protect your wilderness by following wilderness regulations and using Leave No Trace principles. So we packed enough water to get through to the next source. Regardless of age or background, signing on for a season laboring on a backcountry trail crew can be an exciting and daunting proposition for anyone. Learn more. The extensive Boundary Trail spans almost the entire length of the vast and remote Pasayten Wildernessoffering miles of expansive views, a peek at Washington's arctic tundra and unbeatable opportunities for solitude. This summer, WTA is excited to welcome our first professional backcountry crew! Boundary Trail #533 This trail is in the Pasayten Wilderness. The decision not to pack more lake water was a mistake. Oh well, finders keepers! Soon, we went up to Teapot Dome, our third stop, and caught the last light. 3) Hike Chewuch Trail #510 for 8.8 miles, to the intersection with Tungsten Creek Trail #534 (~4700 elevation). Multi-day Easy 0 (0) Dean Creek Trail, Boundary to East Fork Pasayten Trails Pasayten Wilderness Length: 2.9 mi Est. The previous summer, volunteers counted over 1,000 downed trees in the area. We were above 7000 mostly, which meant that going up any high point was no more than 1000. There are several possibilities for arranging transportationfrom finding a friend who isnt hiking to assist with shuttling, or doing a key swap with another hiker. Together, they laid out a long list of worksites along the Pacific Northwest Trail and an ambitious timeline. Seattle, WA 98104. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Some had never been apart from their families or cell service for so long. On the way down, we shortcutted southwest rather than retracing our steps. Though, soon, we were thirsty again. Youll reach the portal of 7,200-foot Sunny Pass at 5.2 miles and the view of the vast meadows will be but an introduction to the scenic feast ahead. Notable among outdoor enthusiasts, Tungsten Mine through to Horseshoe Basin offers some of Washington State's captivating landscape. Length 3.7 miElevation gain 990 ftRoute type Point to point. More to the point, it wasnt very much fun to hike. Our Lost Trails Youth Crew made big impacts (and big memories) this summer as they improved trails in the remote Pasayten Wilderness. They worked alone at the smaller logs, and in pairs with the big saw to clear mile after mile of trail. With additional financial assistance provided by our trail community to our. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Photo by Thomas Gingrich. Photo by Carly Tryon. WTA worked here in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2011! Hiking the Boundary Trail is an adventure on many a hikers bucket list. A few deer spied on us from the ridge as we moved across the meadow. The forecast called for sunny. Thanks to people like you, the Pacific Northwest Trail is in better shape in the Pasayten Wilderness than it has been in years. An official website of the They became adept at reading the forces bound up in the tangled logs a critical skill for a wilderness sawyer. From Horseshoe Basin, the Canadian border is just a mile away via easy cross-country travel. So he was very familiar with the area. It takes real determination to overcome obstacles like these. We used the same way when we went climbing Cathedral Peak in 2014. Hiking the Boundary Trail is an adventure on many a hikers bucket list. How PNTA and our partners battled blowdowns and years of wildfire damage to restore access to the Boundary Trail in the Pasayten Wilderness. Length 12.5 miElevation gain 1,735 ftRoute type Out & back. We passed more dry stream beds and a decent campsite with dry pools en route. Photo by Seam Miller. (509) 653-1401, Wenatchee River Ranger District Our North Cascades Trail Crew spent a week restoring the tread of trail #2000 in the Pasayten Wilderness. Yet, it would take another week-long hitch to finish the job and gain the summit of Bunker Hill., The long hikes into the Pasayten carrying a heavy pack and working in hot weather, sometimes with no shade, were very challenging. Or perhaps it was my nausea from lacking fresh oxygen. Our climbing goals were east of the pass on the Boundary Trail in Pasayten Wilderness. There were tangles of trees just west of, The Associations new Regional Coordinator, Sterling Collins-Hill sketched out the upcoming season for PNTAs, Most critical would be the site of their first projects. United States government. This trail is in the Pasayten Wilderness. The late season fire had closed a special stretch of Trail 2000, shared by, Amber Deming, Lead Wilderness Ranger, with the, spent over thirty miles in the saddle helping to pack the crews gear and supplies to their worksite, and dedicated volunteers with the. Haig Mountain + Rock Mountain 7641 + Armstrong Mountain SE Peak + Arnold Peak. So he took a beauty nap while I sat by the cairn and read through register entries from years past. The Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) is a 1200-mile hiking trail running from the Continental Divide in Montana to the Pacific Ocean on Washington 's Olympic Coast. Easy 4.6 (1065) Saranac Lakes Wild Forest. The other animals carried tools and the packers themselves on a grueling but gorgeous 50-mile round trip between the PNT and the nearest trailhead. We photographed the beautiful evening colors before leaving our seventh summit. Scrambling down the large buttress out of Teapot Dome soon took us back to Boundary Trail. Before logging out the Devils Ridge Trail: It took 8 carefully planned cuts for the crew to remove a large 4- foot-diameter tree from the trail above a set of switchbacks. Print/PDF map. Leavenworth, WA 98826 Description Cle Elum, WA 98922 Based on the opposite side of the Wilderness was a larger trail crew made up of. 600 Sherbourne So much green! Before long, the fume had caught up to us at a few hundred feet below the top. As seasoned hikers know, each tree thats fallen across across the trail presents a unique obstacle. Crew leader, Cat Sullivan leads our North Cascades Trail Crew. We still had another half-hour of daylight, so I decided to continue. Even with the haze, the area looked lovely nonetheless. With additional financial assistance provided by our trail community to our Youth Crew Heroes campaign, the Association would be able to double the number of Performance Trail Crews based in the Wilderness the following year. In addition to the eastern Pasayten Wilderness and adjacent areas of British Columbia, clear weather views extend far in all directions, including Glacier Peak, 85 miles to the southwest. After enduring some soggy hitches clearing the Pacific Northwest Trail in temperate rainforests west of the Cascade Crest, sweeping views and fair weather in the high Pasayten were a welcome reward. After a brief exchange with two hikers and their three dogs exiting Remmel Lake, we went onto Trail #534. US Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Draft Pacific Northwest Trail Comprehensive Management Plan Available for Public Comment, Six Ways Volunteers Reshaped the PNT in 2021, Updated Signage in Deception Pass State Park, Pacific Northwest Trail Backcountry Permits in 2021, Guidance for Visiting the PNT in the 2021 Season. This trail is great for backpacking, camping, and hiking, and it's unlikely you'll encounter many other people while exploring. Yesterday evening, smoke hovering above had suddenly dropped and stretched across the area. With your help, we're working to restore the Boundary Trail to its former glory. In the summer of 2017, the Diamond Creek Megafire was particularly devastating, having burned 128,000 acres in the Wilderness including 22 miles of the PNT/ Boundary Trail. Some trailheads on the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest require a valid recreation pass. Similarly, the blood-tinted sun behind the faade of low crawling smoke had created a unique sense of aesthetics. Then Mother Nature announced other plans. Plus, high points east of here had also become hard to discern. Length 16.9 miElevation gain 4,986 ftRoute type Point to point On this hitch, it was Slate Pass. website belongs to an official government organization in the Under the shadeless skies of the snag forests where they toiled, Augusts afternoon heat rose to an uncomfortable peak that the team aimed to avoid. Boohoo! But the deteriorating condition of the Boundary Trail made it a special case; it was no longer meeting the standards of a National Scenic Trail. Wilderness regulations require the work be done the old-fashioned way, with laborsome hand tools, like axes and antique crosscut saws. The enormous silhouette southeast of here was none other than Windy Peak. Wildlife, Create Recommended Route or Drive on Forest Service Road #39 for 14 miles to Forest Service Road #3900-500. The #3900-500 road is maintained for high clearance vehicles only and is not recommended for passenger cars. Thru-hiker, Liz Snorkel Thomas surveys the damage to the Boundary Trail following the Diamond Creek Wildfire of 2017. Their progress would be relatively slow and deliberate. The team identified several areas of concern. The north side of Armstrong has two boundary markers (#103 and #104) marking the 49th parallel with Canada. A number of places along the trail are so special that youll have the images etched into your memory for years to come. I had looked forward to seeing Loudon Lak since the start. Hiking out via the West Fork Pasayten Trail exits near Slate Peak. The popularity and heavy use, however, has been particularly hard on the area. Entiat, WA 98822 Our Performance Trail Crews camp out in the backcountry for up to ten days at a time. The constant BBQ smell in the air no longer fazed us. From Holman Pass, longer options exist to hike over Devils Dome to Ross Lake or McMillan Park to Hwy 20.Hiking out via the mostly forested Middle Fork Pasayten River is the shortest way out to the Slate Pass trailhead (Harts Pass area, 80 hiking miles from Irongate).WTA Pro Tip: If you like to get off the trail and scramble easy summits, the Boundary Trail was made for you. to help pack in gear and supplies from the Goodenough Trailhead to the "Fireplace" backcountry camp on the Boundary TR 533, at the foot of Haig Mountain. From the town of Loomis, travel north on County road #9425 for 2 miles to junction of #9425 and County Road #4066. The backcountry sawyer must play it as it lies and plan each cut thoughtfully to conserve energy and minimize the risk of injury. On a trail crew, they test personal limits, practice teamwork and learn to solve problems using only the tools they take with them. 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