The historical Winchester Lookout, located in the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington, provides views of the Northern Picket Range, Mount Baker, Mount Shuksan, Mount Larrabee, and Canadian peaks. The steep snowfields usually require an ice-axe well into July. The Twin Lakes road may not be passable to the trailhead which will add to the hike. Volunteers from the Mount Baker Club maintain the lookout with 2 work parties per year. The lookout is open to the public for day or overnight use on a first-come first-served basis. Fires are not permitted at all.
This was the best hiking experience I have ever done. The 360 degree view is absolutely worth the hike. It's only a 2 mile hike up but it dumped snow a few days before and it took us 3 hours to break trail and find the trail for that matter. Thank god we had a offline trail map with us. The road to drive up to the trail was pretty sketchy, we had 4WD so we were the only car that made it the twin lakes. We got married at the top of this mountain and it was worth it all! No one one was there that day but us, however this hike does get very popular when it's not snowing. WORTH IT.
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Winchester Mountain Lookout
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