We drove up on Saturday morning, about a three-hour drive, the last forty-five minutes of which was down an unpaved forest road up into the mountains. We parked at the trailhead, loaded our packs on our backs, and started up the trail.
After about three miles, and two hours, we reached Excelsior Pass, which crested to a beautiful view of Mt. Baker, Mount Shuskan, and lots of other mountains. We followed the ridge for another mile or so, and camped at the top of a knob with an amazing view all around. We were about four miles north of the summit of Mount Baker, and two miles south of the Canadian border.
We setup our tents, cooked dinner, and swatted away countless bugs who were, unfortunately, all around, preventing us from enjoying it as much as we could. It got quite chilly overnight, and in the morning we packed up and hiked back down the mountain. All in all a great outdoors adventure!
At the trailhead
Walking by an alpine lake
Hiking through a slope of wildflowers
Our campsite
Mount Baker in evening light
Our campsite was on the knob on the right
Sunset from our campsite
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