Heliotrope Ridge

The road was rough as everyone says but somehow i saw normal clearance cars make it. More clearance helps to go a bit faster. Lots of potholes along the whole road, with the paved sections having some...

The road has degrading pavement and there is no avoiding some holes.  We stopped at the glacier ranger station to see about creek conditions and he basically said to embrace the wet.  Unfortunately, m...

No recent trip reports for Heliotrope Ridge, but it was a beautiful bluebird day at Baker so I decided to give this hike a shot. Forest road to the trailhead had pretty big potholes in the middle sect...

We set out from home to hike Lake Ann, but ended up hiking Heliotrope as Rt 542, was closed for "dangerous tree removal", blocking access to most of the trails above The Excelsior Ridge parking lot.  ...

Went on Sunday Sept 29th in the morning. Got to the lot at about 9am and there was plenty of parking. Got back to the parking lot at 1pm. This included a lunch break and taking in the views. Parking l...

Beautiful hike!We got to the trailhead at noon. The lot was full with cars lined along the road.There were a lot of other hikers and dogs on the trail. The water crossings were manageable, though the ...

Happy Mabon! There are still some flowers on the way to Hogsback and tons of mushrooms near the beginning of the trail. We initially set out for a longer day, but Washington's favorite weather rolled ...

A few potholes, mostly paved, any car can drive on just needs to be slow.Several water crossings, the last is about calf deep, some people managed to stay dry by hopping on boulder with poles going sl...

As other trips reports have lauded aspects of the trail, itself, this one will astound you with the fantastic fungi all along the route. Wow. Chantrelle, Boletes, Chicken of the Woods, Coral, Russula,...

My husband and I arrived at noon on a Saturday to a full parking lot but easily found parking on the road near the trailhead. The drive isn’t too terrible, but you do need to slow down often for all t...