The trail reopened on Saturday after floods washed away the bridge over the south fork of the Stillaguamish River in 2006.
According to the US Forest Service website, the new aluminum bridge was prefabricated in Florida and trucked to the site in June. A helicopter flew the seven bridge sections into place and workers assembled it in about a week. The entire construction took about five weeks.
Big Four Mountain, elevation 6,135 ft (1,870m)
New Footbridge across the Stilly
Glacier at the Base of Big Four
The ice caves are formed in late summer by streams flowing down the mountain and running under the snow field that is created by winter avalanches.
Warning Sign Along the Trail
Large Waterfall at the Top of the Glacier
Several More Waterfalls on the Adjacent Rock Face
Look at the Size of the People on the Trail Compared to the Trees
Almost Hosta-Like Leaves
Gigantic Leaves Along the Trail
Intricate Weave of RootsI guess I will have to take a trip back later in the summer to see the actual ice caves.
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21 comments:
Dear Sally
Thanks for sharing all these beautiful pictures the scenery is stunning!
God bless you
Léia
What a wonderful place to hike. I didn't realize there was a glacier there and at such a low elevation. Delightful waterfalls. Hope you get to photo the ice caves.
The NW does grow some big plants and trees. Love the root wad.
Really great photos this time ...
These are really beautiful. That's an incredible place.
Fantastic place! And your photos are marvelous! Thanks for sharing the hike!
Fantastic shots of amazingly beautiful place.
What a beautiful hike. I'll have to check if we can fit it in this summer while in Washington.
Hello Sally.
This is very interesting - I've never heard of these caves. I'm glad you told us to look at the people in the picture of the fallen trees - I saw them only when I enlarged. They do look dwarfed by all that fallen timber! Thanks for taking me along.
indeed an amazing place!
lovely images and commentary too!
Sally, I've never known about this place before, so thank you so much for taking me along with you to see this beautiful place! The scenery is breath taking.
PS: You took great shots!
Wow, calming and relaxing place.
Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
This is a terrific place for the photographer, Love the light on the footbridge. Ice caves, the name alone conjours up such cool images.
Sally: What a neat post with those great photos. So that is where Hostas com from. I think I would have trouble going in the caves after reading the sign.
The might of Mother Nature made visible all around you. A wonderful hike and post.
Sally in WA with connections in Greensboro:
Your world is so different from ours. Those mountains are omnipresent and rock SOLID!
Thank you for sharing us with these wonderful pictures , I love taking pictures but some times I didn't know how to make the proper angle for photographing and even I couldn't stop taking pictures all the road so I have huge collection of photos, some are good and some aren't
S.W
Beautiful area and interesting info about the bridge and the ice caves. Learn something new everyday! Thanks!
Wow very interesting about the ice caves. Looked like ice pouring out of the cave mouth. Beautiful.
Thanks for taking us on a virtual walk with you. Your world is lovely indeed.
Hugs and blessings,
what a wonderful place to explore...and your photos were great, that tangled mass of tree roots was most interesting and i loved the waterfall captures too.
have a wonderful afternoon.
Oh my...breathtaking! I saw on the news that the bridge was repaired and I said "I want to go", but I'm glad I read your post first. I will wait until later this summer. I have never been there.
Great pictures. The PNW is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing you pictures.
Nannette from Life: Be In It
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