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Park Butte Lookout

Mount Baker, Washington · August 2025

Park Butte is a 7.5-mile round-trip hike in Washington’s Mount Baker area, with about 2,200 feet of elevation gain. The trail leads through forest, meadows, and boulder fields before reaching a historic fire lookout with sweeping views of Mount Baker and the surrounding peaks.

A dirt trail crossing a meadow of scattered conifers below the snow-covered slopes of Mount Baker

Cloud streaming across the glaciated upper slopes of Mount Baker above forested ridges

Hazy layers of forested ridges with distant snowy peaks under a bright sun

A hiker walking a wide gravel trail toward snow-covered Mount Baker

A hiker with trekking poles on a rocky trail through open meadows below Mount Baker

The snow-covered summit of Mount Baker against a clear blue sky

A crevassed glacier on Mount Baker with cloud drifting over the ridge above

A close view of a rocky summit crest rising above a broad snowfield

Wide glacial slopes seamed with crevasses below the summit of Mount Baker

A hiker resting on a rocky outcrop with forested ridges fading into the distance