Exploring Ice Caves

Published Thu, Feb 17 2005 6:26 | coad

This past weekend my friend Vito and I went out backpacking in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. We left Vitos birthday party Saturday night @ 2am, started hiking @ 3:30am, hiked over snow covered rocks in the dark (w/ headlamps) till 8am, pitched a tent and slept for a few hours, then went on a beautiful trail to some ice caves. It was an adventure!

Vito Sabella and I inside the ice cave.

I'm standing by a beautiful, large, cold, mountain snow waterfall.

A view from inside the ice cave to the world outside.

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# coad said on July 1, 2006 4:13 PM:

If you'd like to find the place for yourself, here are some links.  Late fall to early summer is the best time.

Trailhead Location is Latitude 48:04.07 N by Longitude 121:30.83 W

Google Map to Trail Head
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=48.0678333333,+-121.5138333333+(Big+Four+Ice+Caves+Trail+Head)&ie=UTF8&om=1

Other Links to the Ice Caves
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Big+Four+Ice+Caves%2C+washington&btnG=Search
http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/BigFourIceCaves_7602.asp
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/activities/trails/drd/drd_0723.htm
http://glaciercaves.com/html/bigfou_1.HTM
http://www.wta.org/~wta/cgi-bin/wtaweb.pl?3+tg+fetch+english+1004