Cascade Pass part 6. Photo 1: We're above the clouds now. Photo 2: panorama of the top with glacier. Photo 3: an unexpected visit from a Search and Rescue helicopter alighting on Sahale Arm as I was descending. Fortunately no one was hurt; it was a practice maneuver.
This is one of the prettiest places in the Cascades; visit if you can (mid July-early October). But go on a weekday as it's very crowded especially in high season (August).
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Small helicopter on a treeless mountain ridge. Mist and cloud swirl around it as it's backlit by the sun. Hikers approach silhouetted against the light
Panorama taken with an iPhone showing 180
Degree view at the top. Small glacier on the left melting into a stream and a pool in the center foreground. A view off the mountain to the right showing row after row of mountains in the distance some with snow fields of their own.
Clouds flowing like a river through the valley while it's sunny up in the mountains