RHH's photos with the keyword: colfax peak

Last October my wife and I hiked the Park Butte Trail near Mount Baker. We hiked under a heavy cloud cover most of the way and could not see Mount Baker, but as we hiked back out the day began to clear and Mount Baker became visible. Baker is the double peak on the right and the peak on the left is Colfax. When we climbed Baker in 2014 we came up through the saddle between Baker and Colfax and then up the ridge and across to the highest point.

Yesterday we went hiking. We are in western Washington and had a day free so decided to hike the Park Butte trail on the southwest side of Mount Baker. The trail took us to an old fire lookout (see inset) on Park Butte and we had our lunch there. The lookout is no longer used to watch for fires but can be be used as an overnight cabin. This was the view of Mount Baker and Colfax Peak from below the lookout. We hiked nine miles and climbed and descended 2300 feet, most of the way through snow. There had been several inches of snow which fell the previous evening, but it did not hinder our hiking.