Yellow Aster Butte Hike // Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest

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Жыл бұрын

Come with us to Yellow Aster Butte, where we spend our first night under Washington's dazzling stars. We pitched our tent in a field of alpine heather dotted with glittering blue tarns (glacial ponds) still rimmed with snow. Our view? The mighty salt and pepper peaks of Mount Baker and Shuksan.
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@jamesleyda365 Жыл бұрын

Washington State is awesome, love the North Cascades

@ruthielaroche8949 Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Such an incredible place!! 😁🗻

@HikingwithGus 11 ай бұрын

One of the few I have not been to. On my list now... great video!

@outdoorswithruthie3423 10 ай бұрын

You're going to love it! We went from Friday to Saturday in mid-August, and we were so pleased with the quietness of the place; it's just stunning! Thank you for watching the video and giving your feedback.

@aimeemiles7326 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely breathtaking!!!!!

@ruthielaroche8949 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! It was an incredible spot!!

@anzhelikavardi7204 Жыл бұрын

Super cool! We camped over there last august (22). It’s amazing place cannot wait for summer) to go there again! What month is this?

@outdoorswithruthie3423 10 ай бұрын

My apologies; I'm just seeing this. We went in August of '22, so we were there about the same time!

@anzhelikavardi7204 10 ай бұрын

@@outdoorswithruthie3423 how cool is that)))

@outdoorswithruthie3423 10 ай бұрын

@@anzhelikavardi7204 that is so cool!! :)

@kennethteo592 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is such a beautiful hike! Can I check what time you started the hiking? Thanks very much :)

@ruthielaroche8949 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!! We actually started hiking around 8:30/9 am that day (a Friday) because we knew we were going to spend the night and wanted to get a spot. We went to the tarns, set up camp, and hiked out to the true Yellow Aster Butte summit (most people stopped at the first viewpoint), which I recommend if you are comfortable with steep terrain, drop offs, and some four points of contact hiking. After hiking to the Butte, we came back to our tent and actually moved to a different spot with a better view. 😂 If you weren't spending the night, I'd still recommend an early start to give plenty of time for exploring and for parking. It wasn't too full on Friday, but when we hiked out Saturday morning we were pretty shocked at how many cars were lined up on the road!

@kennethteo592 Жыл бұрын

@@ruthielaroche8949 thanks so much for such a detailed reply! Appreciate it lots. This is very helpful because my friends and I will be heading there next week :)

@treypfeiffer6835 Жыл бұрын

Do you mind sharing road conditions? Could you get out there in a low clearance vehicle like a prius?

@anzhelikavardi7204 Жыл бұрын

We took that road 5-6 times last July and August .. end of July was tough with running water from melting snow.. till the beginning of August! Very very rough road! Would not suggest low clearance vehicle! But I did see some cars with low clearance made it to some lower points and people just had another extra mile or so to walk to the trail start.

@outdoorswithruthie3423 Жыл бұрын

Hey Trey, sorry I didn't see this earlier. We saw several smaller cars (Subaru-style) in mid-August, but everything was super dry. The road continues on past this trailhead, and I wouldn't recommend driving any further. It was WILD up above!