enlarge 135KB, 800x600 1 IMG 1655 Andrew, Evan, and Parker at the start of the Big Four Ice Caves trail. This is through a marshy area created by beaver ponds. We saw a couple of trout in the stream flowing under the bridge.
enlarge 49KB, 800x600 2 IMG 1656 Parker, Andrew, and Evan in the Ice Cave - this was right at the entrance and as far as we went. It is very unsafe to explore these unstable caves.
enlarge 47KB, 800x600 3 IMG 1658 Parker, Andrew, and Evan - There weren't very many ice caves, and they weren't very large as it was early in the season.
enlarge 55KB, 800x600 4 IMG 1659 Parker, Evan, and Andrew - There was a very cold wind blowing through the ice cave. You didn't want to in it very long.
enlarge 99KB, 800x600 5 IMG 1660 There were a ton of people on the trail as this is a very popular destination (about a mile hike with only about 200 feet of elevation gain.)
enlarge 157KB, 800x600 6 IMG 1662 The guys fooling around on the snow.
enlarge 157KB, 800x600 7 IMG 1663 You can see that the snow still covers the flat area of the basin.
enlarge 78KB, 800x600 8 IMG 1665 Parker and Evan.
enlarge 100KB, 800x600 9 IMG 1667 Evan digging a hole in the snow.
enlarge 107KB, 800x600 10 IMG 1671 Evan - It was hot coming up the trail but the cool breeze coming off the snowfield led to him putting on his sweatshirt as we had lunch.
enlarge 101KB, 800x600 11 IMG 1672 Evan
enlarge 113KB, 800x600 12 IMG 1673 The boys having fun in the snow in July.
enlarge 132KB, 800x600 13 IMG 1674 Heading back down the trail - That is Mt. Stillaguamish across the valley. This is a "cadillac" trail as you can see by the boardwalk.
enlarge 112KB, 800x600 14 IMG 1677 View of Big Four snowfield.
enlarge 97KB, 600x800 15 IMG 1678 Evan said the snowfield looked like a "bald eagle".
enlarge 83KB, 600x800 16 IMG 1670 There is a very pretty falls above the snowfield.
enlarge 144KB, 638x799 17 IMG 1680 Bill and his grandsons.
enlarge 153KB, 800x617 18 IMG 1679 Parker, Evan, and Bill.
enlarge 25.80MB, 800x600 Download AVI 19 MVI 1664.AVI Video of the guys playing in the snow. (This takes a long time to load!)
