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Mount Baker from Yellow Aster Butte Trail
August, Day Hiking, Washington

A Week of Day Hikes on the North Side of Mount Baker

My family has spent a week hiking together every summer since I was a child, usually in the White Mountains. I love the White Mountains, but I’ve found it difficult to pull myself away from the local splendor of the Cascades since moving to Seattle. Last August, we compromised and spent a week in the Cascades on the north side of Mount Baker. We rented a house in Glacier, Washington, did day hikes within a short drive.

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