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In May, Even though the high country is buried under feet of snow
most of the valley trails into the Cascades are snowfree.
Unfortunately, most of those little streams that in late summer are
mere trickles are raging torrents. This was the first outing for a
number of new scouts who had just graduated from cub scouts. They
were taken aback when they had to ford this stream less than a mile
from the trailhead.
The temperature of the water is just above freezing, and your feet
feel like blocks of ice when you get to the other side. The new
scouts took it all in stride and had a good first outing hiking a
total of 10 miles and gaining 1100 feet.
Unfortunately, this hike is now inaccessible for all but the most adventurous
risk takers as the bridge over the Suiattle that gave access to the Milk Cr
Trail was washed out in a winter storm in 2003 and has not been replaced.
A risky ford or possible log crossing is necessary to access the trail, which
is no longer being maintained and has become overgrown and very difficult to
find in the years since the washout.
The WTA page for the Milk Cr Trail: [Click Here]
Adults on this trip:
Bill Mooseker, Tracy McMahan, Russ Hoff
Scouts on this trip:
Mark Abbott, Bryce Burkholder, Daniel Chung, David Hoff, Nick McMahan,
Kyle Meissner, Jon Younger
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