Mount Shuksan and the Nooksack River

Friday, April 8th, was a sunny and beautiful day, one of the few we've had this spring. I took the opportunity to do a little hiking along the Nooksack River at Horseshoe Bend. When finished hiking after several hours, I went a bit further up the Mount Baker Highway to the Hannegan Pass Road. The road was still impassable on account of snow, but I hiked up the road a ways to a place where I was able to get some pictures of Mount Shuksan. This is one of them.

It will be a while before we are able to hike in this area or higher, since there is still a lot of snow in the North Cascades, as much as sixty feet on the North Cascades Highway. This picture, therefore, is a bit like dangling a carrot in front of donkey's nose - would like to be up there hiking, but there isn't much prospect of it in the near future, except at lower elevations. But then, even seeing the mountains at this distance is a treat.

More pictures from my hike can be found here: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/04/mount-baker....