Cutthroat Trailhead — Attraction in Okanogan

I hiked, if you could call it that, this trail just after the North Cascades Highway was opened in 2017. The trail was mostly clear for the first about half a mile then the snow began to build. By the time I finally made it to the lake the only way to identify the trail was the dye marks in the snow. On the way out it was still cool and crisp from the nights temps, but the mercury reached the mid 70's and the snow which was up to six feet deep became soft and traveling along the dye marked path become tricky as the crusty snow softened and I fell through in several places. The lake, however, was beautiful...still mostly covered with ice with some clear water at a few stream inlets and around the...

Road was a little rough with pot holes getting in but we still managed in our 25ft rig taking it slow. Parking lots were fairly small, not sure I would recommend rigs much greater than 30ft. No cell service. No trash service. Vault toilet available. Trail was fairly flat, easy to hike, and easy to navigate. The lake itself was not the most spectacular, but rather the mountains that enclosed the lake and the serenity that came with it was the best...

Went on June 2. Parked at the trailhead. The 1.7 mile one way trail leading to the junction point was a lot fun: gentle uphill in shades, small creeks to cross from all the melting snow & very light snow on trail. Things got tougher after the junction point; even though there’s only 0.25 mile left to the lake, there was a lot more snow & the creek was hard to cross… Kinda wanna go back in July or August when there’s less...