Solo Hiking & Backpacking in the North Cascades National Park

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Best Sunset on a mountain? Go! Sahale Glacier was #2 on my list, Number 1 was the sunset from El Teide in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

[@normancarbajal5154]

How about the sunrise? On the Mt Manaslu Trek in the Himalayas! 🏔️🥾…

[@brianjohnston6132]

Tough one. A bunch. For me I guess I have to go with Montana Machu Picchu.

[@LETSGETUTILIZED316]

Great video as usual

[@davidreed5443]

Wow, these must be challenging trails to ascend! But sometimes steep hikes are uniquely enjoyable because they really work all the muscles including the core muscles. I used to dance best (when I was a few decades younger l) after a summer of climbing steep peaks and getting a more thorough workout head to toe. I’m thankful for all the blissful moments you filmed 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@SandeepKumar-hr7gd]

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[@kevinthompson629]

I am a native of the North Cascades. I've spent that last 50+ years hiking and backpacking the North Cascades National Park and surrounding wilderness areas. There really are no easy hikes here but they are all worth the effort. Very good video. You really captured the essence of the North Cross corridor hikes. If you are ever in this area again I would recommend the Mt Baker Wilderness. A myriad of hikes centered around the majestic Mt Baker. Again, wonderful video. Thanks so much.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you Kevin, I will surely be back. I had many hikes in that area on my hopeful list but didn’t have enough time to do them all.

[@twagn]

Stunning...swimming in those glacier lakes....WHEW!!!!!!!!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Just amazing

[@mikebavoso26]

Great! Thank you so much for showing your viewers places that we would never visit.

[@howardjackman3242]

What a beautiful park! I'm super excited to see your visit, because I'll be visiting this park next week for 4 days. My legs are already tired...

[@Chenxi_love_music_fairy]

I watch this video again and it is recommended for watching more times. Great adventure and video.

[@timpeterson1848]

Loved the videography. I must get there soon.

[@joseph40ninjas88]

Way to go! Fresh air up there too 🏔⛰⛰⛰🏔

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Oh yes it sure is

[@kevinstutt2259]

Thank you for the great video! I've been wanting to go to the North Cascades for years....definitely a reminder to put this park at the top of my list for places to visit!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks Kevin it’s certainly a marvelous park

[@pacnwhiker1213]

You finally made it to WA! Sahale Glacier Camp is epic! The view from the privy is the best from any backcountry privy! Enjoy your time in my state! Can't wait to see where else you go.

[@davek4442]

One of our favorite places to hike. Thanks for sharing,

[@JerkyManOutdoors]

You are the best at what you do! Thank you for sharing awesome adventures!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you so much for watching

[@raiz91]

Wonderful landscape, exploring nature is always rewarding. Thank you Alice.

[@zachamokikon5897]

The video content is so good....the beauty of nature....❤❤

[@freelancehugh6919]

Alice, thank you for another esquisite video. You reveal the most beautiful places, and with such grace. So jealous...

[@AliceFordAdventures]

😆 thank you so much

[@matejtravels]

Waw really gorgeous scenary! Would love to hike there one day. And video is also great, nice shots, lovely music, not to much of talking. Perfect. You look stunning as well.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@thegrizzncamp]

Amazing views and amazing cinematography. 1st Class as usual! 🐾

[@differentfins]

Very beautiful, some of these spots do look very peoplely lol. I would want to hike as far as possible from any road before I could relax.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

The backpacking route is 13 miles from the road but this is a very popular hike in the first few miles. Plenty of less populated places here though

[@akfasso]

Absolutely breathtaking! Loved this video and the VIEWS. Adding it to my list. 🙌🏻

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Please do!

[@penultimateh766]

Our beautiful and resourceful host always delivers the best understanding of these areas.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you 😊

[@ByZydrisLife]

Wow❤️ Wow❤ Wow❤

[@jenniferspringer1256]

Maybe my favorite video yet!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you Jennifer

[@peterdisbury6346]

You go girl

[@Chuck8541]

Love the 4K footage! All the wide cinematic shots are so crisp and clear! Side-gig idea, throw your scenic footage onto stock footage video sites, and occasionally get paid when people buy your video! Thanks for taking us along! :)

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks for the tips! Sadly I have to edit each clip individually and export them in order to upload onto stock sites so it’s a total time killer, but I’ve long thought about it

[@HikingwithGus]

This is all in my backyard. Totally blessed to have it so close and live here. Sadly we do have a lot of trail head break ins. If you ever get a change to hike the Enchantment Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness you need to jump on it. It is , by far, the most beautiful area in Washington. Permits are hard to get, especially for the Core zone, less than 1 chance to win one in the lottery. But, it's a must do. Love your videos!

[@philbest427]

Great hike ! You look like you are in peak shape. You look great. You never cease to astonish me. Love ya.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you so much!

[@marty17f]

Great video Alice. What a beautiful place to hike. One of your better videos.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks so much!

[@Greg_seeking_Calm]

Amazing, wild, and beautiful scenery! Superb video production! Look forward to the next one!!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Many thanks!

[@daveexplore3856]

Your awesome! I'm now subscribed.. excellent video work Alice. Very similar topography as the south west coast B.C Look forward to seeing more vids girl ! ✌👍😎🇨🇦

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks for the sub!

[@MEOWnderlust]

Great video! We spent many years hiking in the PNW, and the North Cascades are our absolute favorite!

[@waynoflix]

Thanks again for another awesome adventure. Motivation to plan a trip to the US . Maybe even bump into you. Cheers from down under.

[@DrJohn493]

Enjoyed all the spectacular scenery from the state of Washington. And I thought the Winds in Wyoming were impressive. Amazed you could find a flat patch to pitch a tent. Good to see the InReach insurance on your shoulder. Thanks for the vicarious visit and a real introduction to the North Cascades NP!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Your so welcome Dr John

[@leestamm3187]

Nice survey of a region I hiked for over 40 years. Trails can be steep in these extremely rugged and precipitous mountains. The ones you hiked are well traveled highways compared to those in more remote, less visited areas. Glad you had good weather, which can be chancy. Also, I advise keeping your distance from Mountain Goats. They are very unpredictable. Hikers in Washington have been seriously injured, even killed by them.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks for the advice, I did not approach any of the mountain goats they came to my camp site as they like salt and so many people have peed up there that it’s a spot they love.

[@leestamm3187]

@@AliceFordAdventures Pee around campsites does attract them. Over the years I've seen many hikers try to coax them closer for photos, kind of like the tourists with the Bison in Yellowstone. Definitely not a good idea. You shoot good video. Safe travels to you.

[@jeffking9202]

Beautiful photography...

[@ExploringEcuador]

I enjoy your hiking videos. 9 years ago my wife and I hiked a section of the PCT from Big Bear to Lake Arrowhead. We are living in Ecuador now and we love it hear. I noticed when you add your narration to your videos it has a bit of an echo sound. I figured out an easy way of getting rid of the echo. I put a blanket over my head and that gets rid of all the echo. The blanket creates a cheep DIY recording studio.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Hah thank you for the tip. I usually record in a closet will try adding the blanket too

[@toucansteve]

One of your best yet! Thanks for making them.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Glad you like them!

[@radisson8627]

This is a great video Alice. I understand the effort and time it takes to edit footage, which in return makes it impossible for us viewers to critic your work... 😂 The views are stunning. I have been backpacking nearby many times, on the Canadian 🇨🇦 side, in Manning Provincial Park where exists an extensive network of trails that leads south of the border, including the PCT. I should make good use of my passport and head south. North Cascades would be ideal actually, simply for the lack of people visiting. Thanks for sharing 🥾😎🏔☯️🇨🇦🇺🇸🍔🍺🌻

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks Radisson

[@Savethewhales2022]

so cool! I cant wait to get out there! (:

[@juanfrankazofeifagonzalez6583]

- SPecTacler Scenarie and The Walk Roud,The MusicalizaTion ExcellenT...~🙂🏞👩🏻‍🌾

[@darrinheike1495]

I live along HWY 20 in the town of Concrete. Thank you so much for such a great video. I love my beautiful home.

[@MtnManB-n8t]

WOW You lucky guy/ I almost ran off the road near there going around a curve late at night on my 1st trip to the N Cascades. Stayed at a campground near Marblemount listening to the sweet sound of the N Fork of the Cascade River. So glad the park is still almost pristine. Too rugged for most humans.

[@ervinslens]

This looks marvelous my friend, what a stunning cinematography! Superb work!👏

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you Ervin 😊

[@phillipseaton7163]

Great video Alice just got back from Pasayten wildernes wish had known you were that close

[@karljacobson8521]

Great video, thank you

[@mikekuhl2658]

I have done a day hike up to the Sahalie Glacier campsites and the view was incredible. The North Cascades is a hikers park. The Mount Baker area is also awesome.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Oh yes I really wanted to stay longer and do Baker but alas I can’t do it all this trip

[@MtnManB-n8t]

Hi Alice, I’m new to your channel and am impressed by your expertise and ability in the remote high country. I almost never comment but I should here. I used to work at a research institute and do grad studies at the UW in Seattle. I’m a wilderness guy from age 12 , a scientist and a senior NASA engineer. I hiked up to Cascade Pass in the N Cascades 2 months b4 it officially became a Nat Park. The best adjectives are Stunning Rugged and Wild! I have some comments to share. 1) Most folks stop at Cascade Pass to simply admire the amazing views. 37 switchbacks! Impressed that you made it to Sahale Arm. I also agree that ALL TRAILS is a great resource -- there and globally. 2) There are cougars in these mountains. My favorite animal! They need their space and rarely bother people but if they do get aggressive they can attack from behind. High aspect packs may help. Solo hiking in these kinds of places and in Glacier Park and others with cougars and grizzlies is not something I’d want my daughters to do. I would say. 'Good, You go solo hiking and I will go solo hiking with you! We will go solo hiking but … together’. 3) It is great when you’re in terrific shape and all systems are ‘go’ but one twist of your ankles in rocks or crossing a stream can set you down hours from help, unable to walk with a heavy pack and maybe with night closing in before camp. I think I spotted an emergency satellite beacon (Garmin 'In Reach') on your pack and that could be a life saver. Thanks for pointing out that NO ONE SHOULD BE UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS WITHOUT SOME SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE! A young girl was lost for 9 days near Index Wa a couple of years ago! 4) There are more crazy people out there than ever now. I never had to worry about people breaking into my car back in the day. Now it is commonplace in the trailhead parking lots. And, it is an awful fact, but never forget:to the bad guys A WOMAN ALONE IS A TARGET. 5) Lastly I did have to laugh when you pronounced SEQUIM. They could’ve just left the ‘e’ out. Many place names in Washington state are of indigenous origin and hard to pronounce correctly. So everyone quickly knows if you’re from elsewhere. Now I’ve said more here than all comments I’ve ever written in a decade put together. You are a special person. Good luck whatever you do and wherever you go. Mountain Man

[@BigDogsRUSS]

Awesome landscape shots! Just a beautiful vlog! Thanks Alice!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you so much

[@62turbbo]

Great video! My wife and I have been all through that area. Gorgeous!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

It really is!

[@PHM00]

You added 1 more item to my bucket list, looks amazing!!!!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

It's so good!

[@df-wt6sx]

great video

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@2011woodlands]

A lot of the mountain range there is actually volcanic and part of the pacific ring of fire.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Ohh yes indeed. So many volcanoes in Washington

[@user-kf1jy9wu8n]

Did the Devil's-Crater loop on the Pasayten side a million years ago, LOVED IT!!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Amazing

[@edaleman3345]

Ur vids are so inspirational. U rock 🪨 u are so blessed. Blessings

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you friend

[@edaleman3345]

im a pathetic married man trying sooooo hard

[@eyeofthestorm.]

Great video! Looking forward to visiting the Cascades one day🩵

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Please do!

[@bradfernandez7091]

I grew up in Nehalem and Diablo , Beatiful place.

[@markw999]

Cascades kicks Glacier's ass for a National Park. Way, way less crowded too if you're willing to put in the work.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

I couldn’t agree more I liked it way more than Glacier too

[@Woodlandadventure]

very beautiful adventure buddy ❤

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks

[@delwinelder2116]

I think I missed it, what was the name of the lookout you hiked to the last day? I have got to go there!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Sourdough but sadly it caught fire right after I was here. Not sure if the area will reopen or be closed for rehabilitation next summer

[@mickeybrumfield764]

Alice, the camping spot up on the mountain with the glaciers looks like a beautiful place to camp, but it does look like a camping spot you would have to reserve in advance.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Yes it does have to be reserved in advance. All backcountry camping in the Cascades requires a permit

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[@db.mc2]

Thank you Alice 🙂 Always enjoy your adventures, amazing places, beautiful scenery, great information and commentary. And a wonderful guide 😊 Appreciate you, stay safe and take care my friend 🙏Best sunset was as a kid on top of Fisher's Peak in south eastern Colorado, storms rolling through off in the distance, amazing colors, great memories 👍

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Sounds wonderful

[@charlesreimler962]

Foot/Ankle Sprain Pain; What Too Do If Alone Hiking?

[@AliceFordAdventures]

I always carry Kinesio tape with me in my first aid kit, and would tape up whatever body part I needed in case injury

[@marja1112]

Wow, so beautiful, thank you very much ❤🙏🇳🇱

[@princepage632]

you get around a lot!! that was some awesome hiking you did. I saw a video you did one time of longs peak in colorodo. wow , that was impressive!! was that your hardest hike? i have done some peaks before. i did avelanche peak in Yellowstone park. it had 2000 ft of gain in 2 miles. , but it does not compare to anything like longs peak. i bike a lot and stay in shape.I mean some of those hikes you are doing are way out there. your awesome!!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you Prince. I think the hardest hikes are the mountaineering routes like Cotopaxi

[@jayr9957]

@AliceFordAdventures Amazing video Alice! I went to North Cascades 5 years ago and did some of the hikes you did and have mentioned in this video. All 3 national parks in WA state are stunning. Diablo Lake is spectacular, probably the greenest lake I have seen and hiked around. What's your favorite lake of all time in a national park?

[@princepage632]

wow, you up there wid da goats!! talk about alpine. how far was the hike, and what elevation gain did it have? just curious! that's awesome

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Yes it was 5.6 each way and about 4600 feet of elevation change

[@safepetproducts]

Great video. If you have a national park pass you don't need the forest pass.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Good to know I have both but no where did any websites say you could display the NP pass so I got a Forest pass too

[@safepetproducts]

@@AliceFordAdventures www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/passes-permits/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5352358 They don't make it easy

[@viktor_rosen]

Alice, amazing video!!! Thank you for your unique content 👍👍👍 You are beautiful and charming as always ❤❤❤

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you so much!

[@dip00007]

great content. I hope you can increase the audio/voice in post editing next time as its a bit low on my mbp 16

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Noted! I have mine only turned up half way and seems to be fine. Sorry you are having trouble hearing, perhaps try turning on the subtitles.

[@Chenxi_love_music_fairy]

This could be the most scenic mountain in the USA.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

I think so too

[@JorgeLopezMedia]

whatever camera/lenes shot this footage (back in '23) looks amazing!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

A Sony A7siii

[@Natureartschool]

It's like heaven.. :)

[@mradamnichols]

Great video! What kind of tent is that?

[@AliceFordAdventures]

It’s an outdoor Vitals 1 person tent

[@brianjohnston6132]

Gotta hit up Rainier and Olympic now, since you're in the area.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Indeed 😉

[@delwinelder2116]

I like the new intro to your videos.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thank you

[@2manysigns]

Alice looks fit enough to be a Stunt Woman !

[@BillyW80]

What is the best hiking pants, ? Your pic.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

The red ones are Fjallraven but I usually wear Decathlon hiking joggers

[@zutoku8791]

awesome vid i want to go to sahale glacier campground this summer now! Quick question you are able to walk up and get a pass right? I tried looking online and it says they have walk up. Just wanna make sure that is what you can do. Thanks for sharing this awesome video👍

[@AliceFordAdventures]

I reserved mine a few days in advance online. Walkup is a gamble so have a backup if it’s not available and check the hours of the ranger station because they close for lunch. If you’re just 1 it’s easier but if you have more it will likely be tough.

[@davideshak]

Amazing video! Can I ask how you booked the campsite in this video? And what it’s called? Thank you!

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Yes this is Sahale Glacier you can book it on the park website I believe through recreation.gov or by stopping at the Ranger Station.

[@davideshak]

@@AliceFordAdventures does it matter what “starting point” I select For this specific hike? On the recreation.gov website.

[@YakuzaJun]

Hi, sorry if this is silly question but if I have an annual NP pass do I still need to get the forest pass for parking at trailheads?

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Yes technically you need one of the state passes for this park, its kind of strange, I think you should be fine if you display you NP park but you are really supposed to have the WA state park pass as this park does not charge an entry fee.

[@AntonioRamirez-ql5fe]

Solo Hiking & Backpacking in the North Cascades National Park

[@princepage632]

hey Alice, how much does your pack weigh? my guess 30lbs.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

A little lighter than usual but probably still 30. My camera weighs 5 which doesn’t help. I was pretty barebones on this hike though

[@kurbicksan4917]

Do you use any protection? A gun or bear spray? I'm still amazed, you literally go alone to the most remote areas.

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Not unless I’m in grizzly territory then I bring bear spray.

[@rebeccavalicoff1581]

The volume of your video was faint. Usually I need to turn down the volume but had some difficulty hearing you

[@AliceFordAdventures]

Thanks for the note it is hard to adjust for all the different modes of listening but will keep that in mind for the next upload