[mjl]

Are there any good roadside viewings of larches? My wife broke her foot and any hiking is out for at least a month... Thanks for any tips!!

[MtnManic]

Swauk Pass - take the forest service road south several miles, like you're going to Haney Meadows. I've gotten some fantastic larch pics over the years.

[Cyclopath]

Alpine larches: Washington Pass Harts Pass (call the ranger station about road conditioners before leaving) Cutthroat TH Western larches: Blewett Pass area Upper Icicle Road E side Loup Loup Pass Sherman Pass Basically all over the eastern side mountainous forests

[Randito]

I was in the Teanaway and talked to someone that had attempted getting to Haney Meadows, but found that the north aspect road that climbs to the south side of Diamond Head was snow covered and even though they had AWD, they weren't willing to attempt that steep narrow section.

[Nancyann]

That’s a scary section of road even without snow. There used to be a Jeep at the bottom that had rolled off the cliff. Also, from past experience, the larches in that area wouldn’t be changing color until after mid-October. We drove over Loup Loup a couple of days ago and those larches are changing nicely.

[treeswarper]

Dog Lake, just over on the east side of White Pass. The giant ones are NE of Tonasket

[gb]

Given the snow in the Washington Cascades and mostly colder temperatures, I would probably go south to Oregon. There are larches east of Chinook and White Passes, at Deadman's Pass on I-84, and I've seen reports that say Shevlin Park near Bend has great Western Larch: https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Shevlin_Park_Loop_Hike The Western larch usually trail Lyall's larch in turning color by a week or two, so I would probably try to follow Deadman's Pass and Shevlin Park for timing. There are probably I-84 webcams that might give an idea or just do some googling.

[zephyr]

[Backpacker Joe]

Larches from my driveway. LOL.....

[Cyclopath]

Awesome! I think BPJ just invited you to his place to enjoy larches?

[Cyclopath]