Once trail enters North Cascades National Park, National Park Regulations apply.Wilderness regulations apply, including a maximum party size of 12. There is one dispersed campsite with a picnic table and fire ring, and a day-use shelter located at the trailhead but no vehicular access to that site due to a washout this is the only site available at this location The trail also accesses Whatcom Pass, Easy Ridge, an extended trip across the North Cascades Picket Range to Ross Lake Reservoir, and other less traveled locations in the North Cascades National Park. This is the first leg of the very popular Copper Ridge loop. One mile north of Hannegan Pass the trail enters the North Cascades National Park. To the east is an unmaintained mountaineering route leading to Ruth Mountain and Icy Peak. To continue to the pass, stay left, as the trail steeply switchbacks through sub-alpine forest.Īt Hannegan Pass, encounter a signed junction with Hannegan Peak Trail 674.1, which gains 1,200 feet in one mile to the summit of Hannegan Peak. Approximately a half mile below the pass is the turnoff to the right for the Hannegan Camp. Open views are almost continuous as the trail only briefly enters small patches of forest. The white dome of Ruth Mountain appears after the first mile. Sefrit and the Nooksack Ridge to the south. In early summer see numerous waterfalls and the occasional avalanche cascade down the steep cliffs of the Mt. The trail grade is fairly level for the first mile and then begins a gentle climb for the next 2.5 miles. Start out in second growth forest, which quickly opens to grand views of the Ruth Creek Valley within Mt.
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