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| Mountainpines wrote: | | I was thinking of starting in Stehekin.
Maybe someone can park at Cascade Pass. So, you can go downhill through those switchbacks and pick your ride there when done. |
FYI, this involves 10x more uphill getting to those switchbacks. If you go from Cascade Pass to Stehekin most of the up hill is done when you reach the pass.
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It'll be ten years since I hiked Cascade Pass to Stehekin later this summer. It started a "hiking to Stehekin" addiction for me for a few years. What a great place to end a backpacking trip! You can arrange for a soft bed and hot shower, but you're still surrounded by incredible outdoor beauty. The off grid nature of the place means the only entertainment is nature itself. Go enjoy the lake, hike to a waterfall, hike to the garden, rent a bike, bring it up the mountain on the shuttle, ride back down, or rent a kayak.
Here are some photos from when I did this hike.
jaysway, Navy salad, Slim, Bramble_Scramble, Joseph, runup
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:16 pm |
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Having wanted to visit Stehekin for years, are these the two paths being discussed? I think they're both primarily in NCNP, and being largely along the PCT, are permits super hard to get? I haven't yet camped along the PCT.
Just spitballing about how possible it would be to do this at some point, or if it's quite difficult to line up.
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Those both look correct.
In general, there are a lot of camps along the route. Like, if you wanted to hike from Cascade Pass to Stehekin and stay in every camp asking the way it'll take you two weeks. You might not get a permit for every specific camp you want but shouldn't? have trouble getting permits to make it work.
But I'm just some idiot on the internet. Don't take me at my word here, have a plan and a backup plan too. 
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Thanks Cyclopath. Yeah, for me it would probably be two nights on the trail. Horseshoe Basin looks pretty incredible, I wouldn't want to miss that. Might look into doing it a bit more seriously this year or next.
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:23 am |
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If you can get a permit for Basin Camp, there's a giant waterfall visible from the camp. I wish I had stayed there.
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my 8 year old and i did Cascade Pass to Stehekin. To date one of our favorite trips. After Cascade it's almost all downhill or flat. If you have time for Horseshoe Basin that's a worthy side trip.
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| letsgobobby wrote: | | my 8 year old and i did Cascade Pass to Stehekin. To date one of our favorite trips. After Cascade it's almost all downhill or flat. If you have time for Horseshoe Basin that's a worthy side trip. |
Oh that's awesome to hear! I have an 8 year old too. Mind sharing which camp sites you booked and how hard it was to get permits?
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