Trip
Day Hike - Excelsior Peak
Long, strenuous trip with zillions of wildflowers. We will hike up to Excelsior Peak, then head east along High Divide to Easy Pass and descend the steep trail there, with a car shuttle back to our starting point.
Contacts
- Sun, Jul 22, 2018
- Seattle Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 10.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,500 ft
- High Point Elevation: 5,800 ft
- 3 (9 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
7:00 am at the Horseshoe Bend trail head, at the east end of the town of Glacier, on the right immediately after SR 542 crosses the Nooksack River. This parking lot is across the street from the entrance to the Douglas Fir campground, where I will be staying in site #13 and #14.
Participants are invited to camp the night prior to this hike and/or the night after at my reserved campsites at the Douglas Fir campground. They are also invited to sign up for my Winchester hike the day before and/or my Hadley Peak scramble the next day.
Excelsior Peak
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Green Trails Mt Baker No. 13
Green Trails Mt Shuksan No. 14
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
Trails Illustrated North Cascades National Park - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- Navigation
- Sun protection
- Insulation (extra clothing)
- Illumination
- First aid supplies
- Fire
- Repair kit and tools, including knife
- Nutrition (extra food)
- Hydration (extra water)
- Emergency shelter