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IBEXtrax.com - Cascade Mountains of Washington StateGlacier Peak Wilderness, Wenatchee Forest |
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05 119 Napeequa hikers Little Giant trail. (339k)
05 121 Napeequa Valley below Little Giant Pass (220k)
The fabled Napeequa Valley made famous as "Shangri La of the Cascade Range" by John Warth in a 1960s newspaper article he wrote while working as a summertime forest guard. Looking down to the silvery river meandering through the lush green meadows of an ancient filled-in Pleistocene Lakebed. On the left are gleaming relicts of a Little Ice Age on Mount Clark and at the valleys head are glimpses of Glacier Peak.
05 122 Clouds over Mt Clark. (102k)
05 123 Randy L and LeeAnn H in the Napeequa Valley (334k)
We paused to look back up the Little Giant Pass trail. MVS Sep98 report: The way up to Little Giant Pass was difficult. Extremely, unrelentingly steep. At one section the brush and tree limbs have completely taken over the trail. Navigating this with a heavy packs, and serious exposure below makes for a nerve-wracking experience. We were glad to attain the 6400ft pass without leaving any "bleached bones" to horrify others.
05 124 LeeAnn at Napeequa R Tom B Randy L (330k)
She was overly cautious in the eyes of the young brash men who had hand built the teetering loose log bridge. "Come on! Come on across.", they taunted. The caution she felt was inbred by eons of maternal survival instinct. In addition, the powerful flow of the fast moving Napeequa River shown a milky white hue from glacial till; reveling its chilling glacial origin. Wild eyed and full of adventure she shuffled across the logs.
05 127 W slope of Buck Mtn from Butterfly Butte (224k)
Foaming Lewis Creek falls over 2000ft from its high basin beneath Buck Mountain to the lush fragrant meadows of the Napeequa River Valley. Glacier Peak Wilderness; Wenatchee NF
05 128 Clark Mtn Sheep Corral on butterfly Butte. (202k)
05 129 Clark Mtn Sheep Corral on butterfly Butte (234)
Nestled on the north slope of the DaKobed Range, the alpine meadows of Butterfly Butte lie at the 6000 foot level. Seldom visited by but a few hardy climbers who choose a glacier route on Clark Mtn; whose minor sub-ridge can be seen here lurking in the mist beyond Richardson Ck. Centered on Butterfly Butte are the remains of a sheep corral; where shepards would bed-down their flocks and keep watch for hungry puma.
05 130 Tom B crosses the Napeequa River. (274k)
05 131 Buck Mtn cascades in the Napeequa Valley (291k)
The most abundant waterfall form in the Cascades, Tiered waterfalls are characterized by many distinct drops in relatively close succession to one another. The water drops from pool to pool.
05 133 Buck Mtn above Napeequa Valley. (192k)
05 134 Napeequa Valley Camp Randy L. (285k)
05 135 Napeequa River Warren in Socks. (218k)
05 136 Boulder Pass Napeequa Valley Tom B (293k)
05 136m Napeequa loop map (657k)
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