In late August we took a hike to the site of the deadliest avalance in US history, the 1910 avalanche near Stevens Pass that killed nearly 100 people on board a stranded train in the Cascade Mountains. Mary Jo and John had recently read a
book about the disaster and hiked the trail along with Henry and Joseph. You can see the original train tunnel that the train went through, as well as walk through the snowshed that was built right after the avalanche to prevent future disasters. Eventually, they built a tunnel, which is still used today, to make it easier to go through the pass, and turned the old train line into a hiking trail.
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| Walking through the snowshed |
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| The no-longer used train tunnel |
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| Summer wildflowers |
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| Henry hiking |
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