Monte Cristo

Monte Cristo is an old abandoned silver mining town in the North Cascades. The town, which flourished for about 20 years before the gold and silver gave out, was named by the first prospectors for Dumas' count whose wealth they hoped to emulate. The town itself is now a heritage site and worth exploring by those who do not wish to hike further. The old buildings, or what is left of them, are closed, however.

We hiked through the town on our way to Poodle Dag Pass and Silver Lake in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness. The town is at the end of an old four-mile road that is partly washed out. If one can get a bicycle across a washed out bridge, however, the four miles can be navigated by mountain bike and the town reached with relative ease. We hiked in and then went another four miles to Silver Lake.

This is one of my wife's photos.
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