Pasayten Wilderness

"The mountains are calling, and I must go." - John Muir

Pasayten Wilderness encompasses 531,000 acres, skirting more than 50 miles of Canada's border and encompassing the crest of the Cascades. The Wilderness encompasses almost 150 peaks over 7,500 feet in elevation and 160 or more bodies of water. With friends, we set out to tackle Devil's Dome loop, a 38.4-mile loop trail near Marblemount, Washington. We attempted to complete the loop counterclockwise over three nights, however, forest fires forced us to turn back about 1/3 into the loop. In the photos, you can see the smoke from the nearby fires hugging the ridges of the beautiful Cascade peaks surrounding our camp on the first night.